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Open Find/Change panel by script in InDesign!

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June 26, 2023
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Hello,

In InDesign, I want to use the following code to open the Find/Change panel:
app.panels.itemByName("$ID/Find/Change...").visible = true;
Unfortunately, I have not been successful. On the other hand, the code below:
var myMenuAction = app.menuActions.item("Find/Change...");
myMenuAction.invoke();
cannot specify visible = true. Any help is highly appreciated.

Kind regards, Aprking

Scripting

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Correct answer FRIdNGE

var fc = app.menuActions.itemByName("Find/Change...");
if(fc.enabled){
fc.invoke();
}

Error Number: 45

Error String: Object is invalid

Line: 2

Source: if (fc.enabled) {

Rob,

First, "app.menuActions.itemByName("Find/Change...")" doesn't work on a French ID version, you will need: app.menuActions.itemByName("Rechercher/Remplacer...").

Then, your code is irrelevant if the op plays on an open doc! That is, I suppose, a minimal condition (no sense trying to run a find/replace without a target document).

(^/)

Aprking

Inspiring

Today, I performed a detailed test of the code snippet:

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var fc = app.menuActions.itemByID(18694);
if(fc.enabled){  
    fc.invoke();  
}

Unfortunately, the "Find/Change" panel started switching back and forth between hidden and visible again. I'm frustrated...

FRIdNGE

No comment but I'm a little lost reading this thread and all these "correct answers" that don't seem finally to be so correct!

(^/)

Aprking

Inspiring

I'm sorry, you're right! The answer we obtained yesterday was not correct.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

What exactly are you trying to achieve?

Aprking

Inspiring

app.panels.itemByName("$ID/Character").visible = true;

Just like this code, it opens the panel when executed, instead of toggling between hidden and visible.

rob day

Community Expert

Hi @Sherylz , Find/Change... is not a panel, so you have to specify a menuAction to open it, and it won’t open unless the menu item is enabled—there’s no visible property, but there is an enabled property. So (Code Edited):

var fc = app.menuActions.itemByID("18694");
if(fc.enabled){  
    fc.invoke();  
}

What are you going to do in the dialog when it is open? Text and Grep searches are fully scriptable without opening the dialog.

Aprking

Inspiring

Error Number: 45

Error String: Object is invalid

Line: 2

Source: if (fc.enabled) {

rob day

Community Expert

Do you have a document open?

Aprking

Inspiring

I apologize for any confusion. It is unclear whether the error is caused by the "/" symbol or the "..." symbol in Find/Change..., or if Find/Change... simply does not support parameters like "visible = true".

E

Eugene Tyson

Community Expert

Does this work

app.menuActions.item("$ID/Find/Change...").invoke();

Aprking

Inspiring

app.menuActions.item("$ID/Find/Change...").invoke();

No,Cannot specify visible = true. Not sure about the state of the panel.

FRIdNGE

app.menuActions.itemByID(18694).invoke();

(^/) The Jedi

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