Script UI - hyperlink with Static text

Question

Hi guys,I've started to script and struggle finding how I can make a static text act as an hyperlink?Here is the code I've done, and the interface I've done so far.I'd like to be able to clic and access to proper website from the two static texts at the bottom of the window. How can I achieve that ? Thanks for the helpvar myEan14Site = w.add ("group");
var myEan14web = w.add ("group");
myEan14Site.add ("statictext", undefined, "https://www.free-barcode-generator.net/ean-14/");

Marc Autret · Accepted Answer

Hi @Fred.L

Regarding the web launcher, use a temporary webloc (Mac) or url (Win) file and execute it. Many examples already exist on this forum I guess. See also:
https://github.com/indiscripts/IdExtenso/blob/master/etc/Web/%24%24.Browser.jsxinc
Regarding the StaticText thing, here is a super raw draft coded in ten minutes… so do not expect a perfect result, but this illustrates the basic principle:
https://gist.github.com/indiscripts/a8e526ab12f05f5ffade353676228d41

Best,

Marc

Kasyan Servetsky · Answer

Marc outstripped me while I was preparing my sample script.
Here's how I do this:

var scriptName = "My Test";
CreateDialog();

function CreateDialog() {
	var tmpFileName = scriptName.replace(/\-\s\d+\.\d+$/, "").replace(/\s+/g, "_").toLowerCase();
	var w = new Window("dialog", scriptName);
	
	w.p = w.add("panel", undefined, "Panel:");
	w.p.orientation = "column";
	w.p.alignment = "fill";
	w.p.alignChildren = "left";
	
	w.p.g = w.p.add("group");
	w.p.g.orientation = "row";
	w.p.g.st = w.p.g.add("statictext", undefined, "Click me");
	w.p.g.st.graphics.foregroundColor =w.p.g.st.graphics.newPen(w.p.g.st.graphics.PenType.SOLID_COLOR, [0, 0, 1], 1);
/*
	var wgx = w.graphics,
	linePen = wgx.newPen(wgx.PenType.SOLID_COLOR,[0,0,1], 1);

	w.p.g.st.preferredSize[1] += 3;

	w.p.g.st.onDraw = function() {
		var gx = this.graphics,
		sz = this.preferredSize,
		y = sz[1]-1;

		gx.drawOSControl();
		gx.newPath();
		gx.moveTo(0, y);
		gx.lineTo(sz[0],y);
		gx.strokePath(linePen);
	};
*/
	w.p.g.st.addEventListener("click", JumpToLink);

	// Buttons
	w.bts = w.add("group");
	w.bts.orientation = "row";   
	w.bts.alignment = "center";
	w.bts.ok = w.bts.add("button", undefined, "OK", {name:"ok"});
	w.bts.cancel = w.bts.add("button", undefined, "Cancel", {name:"cancel"});
	
	var showDialog = w.show();
	
	if (showDialog == 1) {
		Main();
	}	
}

function JumpToLink() {
	var tmpFolder = new Folder(Folder.temp.absoluteURI + "/InDesignScripts");
	tmpFolder.create();
	tmpFolder.create();
	var linkJumper = File(tmpFolder.absoluteURI + "/" + tmpFileName + "_temp.html");

	if (!linkJumper.exists) {
		linkJumper.open("w");
		var linkBody = '<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=https://www.free-barcode-generator.net/ean-14/"></head><body> <p></body></html>'
		linkJumper.write(linkBody);
		linkJumper.close();
	}

	linkJumper.execute();
}

function Main() {
	alert("Finished.", scriptName);
}

When you click the 'quasi-link' (static text), the JumpToLink function creates a simple web page with the target URL in the temp folder and executes it.

In older InDesign versions (and currently in ESTK), we could go even further and add an underline so it looks like a real hyperlink:

But in recent versions, something went broken in Script UI and it doesn't work anymore: the static text gets hidden.

I included but out-commented the part of the code that makes the underline. By the way, it was created by Marc.

'linkJumper.write(linkBody);linkJumper.close();}linkJumper.execute();}function Main() {alert("Finished.", scriptName);}When you click the 'quasi-link' (static text), the JumpToLink function creates a simple web page with the target URL in the temp folder and executes it. In older InDesign versions (and currently in ESTK), we could go even further and add an underline so it looks like a real hyperlink:But in recent versions, something went broken in Script UI and it doesn't work anymore: the static text gets hidden.I included but out-commented the part of the code that makes the underline. By the way, it was created by Marc.

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