How to use a script to select some text in a continuous column and then convert it to select all the text in these columns?

Question

For example, my story has 4 text boxes, each with 2 columns.
When I select some of the text in columns 2-4, I want to use a script to select all the text in columns 2-4.

The green color in the sample represents the selected text

Peter Kahrel · Accepted Answer

You should familiarise yourself with the textColumn object and the itemByRange() function. Many of your questions are about that.

app.selection[0].parentStory.textColumns.itemByRange (
  app.selection[0].textColumns[0], 
  app.selection[0].textColumns[-1])
.select();

dublove · Answer

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