Select parent of selected text

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Hi All,Im trying to select textframes indivudually and then bring up a dialog to see if the user wants to move the text parent to another layer. No problem for text frames but I can't get it to work for text on a path.Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong?Many Thanks, Bren var myDoc = app.activeDocument;app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = ".*" // select textvar myFound = myDoc.findGrep(); for(obsty=0; obsty<myFound.length; obsty++){ myFound[obsty].parentTextFrames[0].select(), alert("Parent Selected")} // select parent

Laubender · Accepted Answer

Hi Sunil,my point is:If parentTextFrames[0] is a text path, the parent of the text path is the object Bren likes to move to a different layer. Case 1:If that object is anchored, check if parent is a character, one cannot move it to a different layer until one unanchored the object.Case 2:If that object is part of a different nested structure like a group one could move it out of that nested structure first and then move it to a different layer. One way to move it out of a nested structure is:[1] Add a temp text frame to the spread where this object is.[2] Anchor the object to the first insertion point of that temp text frame.( That would move it out of a group or a different nested structure. )[3] Release the anchored object. Regards,Uwe Laubender( ACP )

Anonymous · Answer

Hi guys,Thanks for your responses, I understand the concern on the group/anchored subject and have got that covered in another part of my script so it's no problem &#128578;I need to be able to select any object in the document that contains text and be able to choose if I want to move it to another layer called "textblack", there maybe a different way to do this but my thoughts were to select text that is not on the "textblack" layer, then select its direct container and move that.Is there a better way?Thanks, Bren

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