Need Boilerplate Floating Panel Script

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September 27, 2022
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Greetings, I am trying to locate a basic example of a floating panel implemented via extend script. Is there a way to create a functional InDesign floating panel using JavaScript? Any help or sample script would be much appreciated!

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Manan Joshi

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You could use the following website to create your panel by drag/drop and autogenerate the code. This seems interesting

https://scriptui.joonas.me

-Manan

Peter Kahrel

Community Expert

You need a ScriptUI panel. See here for examples:

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/scriptui.html

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Michael2204562943dsAuthor

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Thanks Peter, I did already check out that resource. The panels in this context seem to work more like modeless dialog windows than actual InDesign panels. They do float and allow you to work with the InDesign document while they are open, but also have the following issues:

a) Window opens multiple times (unlike InDesign Panels, which have a single instance that can hide/show). Trying to mimic this behavor.

b) The focus remains on the panel window. For example, if I've clicked on the window it activates (like a dialog), but then InDesign short keys don't work (Cmd-O to open a document, for example) because apparently these keystrokes are directed to that (active) window.

c) They don't look exactly like InDesign floating panels. This is a nice to have, not a requirement.

Any suggestions or sample code would be appreciated.

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