Different color of text between square brackets

[ubusam]

Hi,

I'm working on script where user can put the square brackets around some text and that text will be different color.

The script is working when user enter the one pair of brackets and in only in one line. For example "Enter [your] text here".

But it doesn't work in multi line and when you try to add more brackets, for example "Enter [your] text [here]".

This is the script:

{
function myScript(thisObj){
     function myScript_buildUI(thisObj){
         var myPanel = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj : new Window("palette", undefined, {resizeable:true});
//================================================================================================================
var textBox = myPanel.add("edittext", undefined, "Enter [your] text here!", {multiline:true});     
    textBox.minimumSize = [284,100];
var myButton = myPanel.add("button",undefined,"CREATE TEXT");
myButton.onClick = createMain;
//================================================================================================================
function createMain(){
var textBoxContents = textBox.text;
var lines = textBoxContents.replace(/ {1,}/g,"[").replace(/\[{1,}/g," ").replace(/ {1,}/g,"]").replace(/\]{1,}/g," ").split(/\n|\r/);
var indexStart = textBoxContents.indexOf("[");
var indexEnd = textBoxContents.indexOf("]");
createText(lines,indexStart,indexEnd);
}
function createText(line,start,end){
    for (var i = 0; i < line.length; i++) {
        var myLayer = app.project.activeItem.layers.addText(line);
        indexStartEnd(1);
        function indexStartEnd(prop){
            for (var i = 0; i < line.length; i++) {
            myLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property(4).addProperty("ADBE Text Animator");
            var txtProp = myLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property(4).property(1);
            txtProp.property("ADBE Text Animator Properties").addProperty("ADBE Text Fill Color");
            txtProp.property(1).addProperty("ADBE Text Selector");
            txtProp.property(1).property(prop).property(7).property("ADBE Text Range Units").setValue(2);
            txtProp.property(1).property(prop).property("ADBE Text Index Start").setValue(start);
            txtProp.property(1).property(prop).property("ADBE Text Index End").setValue(end);
            txtProp.property(2).property("ADBE Text Fill Color").setValue([0,0.6,0,1]);
            }
        }    
    }
}
//================================================================================================================
        myPanel.layout.layout(true);
        myPanel.minimumSize = myPanel.size;        
        myPanel.layout.resize();
        myPanel.onResizing = myPanel.onResize = function(){this.layout.resize()};                 
         return myPanel;
         }
        var myScriptPal = myScript_buildUI (thisObj);
        if((myScriptPal != null) && (myScriptPal instanceof Window)){
            myScriptPal.center();
            myScriptPal.show();
        }
}
myScript(this);
}

[takeyamaatsushi · Accepted solution]

Hi

If indexStart & indexEnd is one variable number, then can only find first [ ] set.

Check below example

Sorry my poor English

{
    function myScript(thisObj) {
        function myScript_buildUI(thisObj) {
            var myPanel = (thisObj instanceof Panel) ? thisObj : new Window("palette", "test", undefined, { resizeable: true });
            //================================================================================================================  
            var textBox = myPanel.add("edittext", undefined, "Enter [your] text here!", { multiline: true });
            textBox.minimumSize = [284, 100];
            var myButton = myPanel.add("button", undefined, "CREATE TEXT");
            myButton.onClick = createMain;
            //================================================================================================================  
            function createMain() {
                var textBoxContents = textBox.text;
                var lines = textBoxContents.split(/\n|\r/);
                var lineObjs = [];
                for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
                    lines = lines.replace(/ *\[ */g, "[").replace(/ *\] */g, "]").replace(/ +/g, " ");   //Enter [your] text [here!] -> Enter[your]text[here!]
                    //get indexes
                    var indexStarts = [];
                    var indexEnds = [];
                    var curIndex = 0;
                    while (true) {
                        var indexStart = lines.indexOf("[", curIndex + 1);
                        curIndex = indexStart;
                        var indexEnd = lines.indexOf("]", curIndex + 1);
                        curIndex = indexEnd;
                        if (indexStart >= 0 && indexEnd >= 0) {
                            //if you find [ & ] set
                            indexStarts.push(indexStart);
                            indexEnds.push(indexEnd);
                        } else {
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    lines = lines.replace(/\[|\]/g, " ");    //Enter[your] text [here!] -> Enter your text here!
                    lineObjs.push({
                        "text": lines,
                        "indexStarts": indexStarts,
                        "indexEnds": indexEnds
                    });
                }
                createText(lineObjs);
            }
            function createText(lineObjs) {
                for (var i = 0; i < lineObjs.length; i++) {
                    var thisLine = lineObjs;
                    var myLayer = app.project.activeItem.layers.addText(thisLine.text);
                    for (var j = 0; j < thisLine.indexStarts.length; j++) {
                        var propNumber = j + 1  //property index start at 1
                        myLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property(4).addProperty("ADBE Text Animator");
                        var txtProp = myLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property(4).property(1);
                        txtProp.property("ADBE Text Animator Properties").addProperty("ADBE Text Fill Color");
                        txtProp.property(1).addProperty("ADBE Text Selector");
                        txtProp.property(1).property(propNumber).property(7).property("ADBE Text Range Units").setValue(2);
                        txtProp.property(1).property(propNumber).property("ADBE Text Index Start").setValue(thisLine.indexStarts);
                        txtProp.property(1).property(propNumber).property("ADBE Text Index End").setValue(thisLine.indexEnds);
                        txtProp.property(2).property("ADBE Text Fill Color").setValue([0, 0.6, 0, 1]);
                    }
                }
            }
            //================================================================================================================  
            myPanel.layout.layout(true);
            myPanel.minimumSize = myPanel.size;
            myPanel.layout.resize();
            myPanel.onResizing = myPanel.onResize = function () { this.layout.resize() };
            return myPanel;
        }
        var myScriptPal = myScript_buildUI(thisObj);
        if ((myScriptPal != null) && (myScriptPal instanceof Window)) {
            myScriptPal.center();
            myScriptPal.show();
        }
    }
    myScript(this);
}

[ubusam]

Thank you so much takeyamaatsushi,

I was on the wrong way.

Thank you for putting the comments in the code so I can understand it better.

This just made my day

You're my hero...

[takeyamaatsushi]

Sorry, my code cannot check line whitch starts with "["

please use below...

                    while (true) {  
                        var indexStart = lines.indexOf("[", curIndex);  
                        curIndex = indexStart + 1;  
                        var indexEnd = lines.indexOf("]", curIndex);  
                        curIndex = indexEnd + 1;