InD Reflowable ePub Export: Find Non-Rectangular Object?

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November 22, 2018
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Hi, this isn't a huge deal, but I'm wondering if there is procedure to find a Non-Rectangular Object in an .indd file?

Of course I could go page by page, and will, but it's 245 page book, and it would be good to know for next time when my boss hands me a file with 30 billion of them...

I know that I'm probably overlooking something obvious, so I appreciate your patience and insight

InDesign CC v.14.0.1

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Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

Rectangular objects should be easy to find. They are objects with a single path whose entirePath has four elements. These elements are coordinate pairs, and comparing the pairs tells you whether the path segments are straight lines and whether the rectangle has right angles (if that matters).

If 'obj' is an object, then

if (obj.hasOwnProperty('paths') && obj.paths.length == 1 && obj.paths[0].entirePath.length == 4) {

// obj is a rectangle

}

Suppose you have a frame with its top left at 120,100, is 150 wide and 200 high, then (with the frame selected)

app.selection[0].paths[0].entirePath.join('\r');

100,120

100,320

250,320

250,120

This shows that the selected frame is a rectangle with right angles.

P.