Is there any way to create a notepad using extendscript?

[zachneel]

Hello! I'm just wondering if there is any way to create a notepad with extendscript. I'm not sure if this would utilize an edittext or not but basically, I just want some kind of notepad that can resize with the window and has support for scrolling, copy paste, etc.

Thanks!

[Mathias Moehl]

As long as you don't need support for text formatting this should be doable with and EditText that you set to multi-line.

If you need more features, developing a CEP panel instead of a script is a good option. Expressionist is a good example for such a text editor that is implemented as CEP panel (this one is not intended for notes, but for expressions code - but maybe you can also use it for notes)

https://aescripts.com/expressionist/

[Greg5F9B · Accepted solution]

Simple multiline UI textbox. Add it to your ScriptUI Panels.

var panelGlobal = this;

var dialog = (panelGlobal instanceof Panel) ? panelGlobal : new Window("palette", "Text Editor", undefined, {resizeable:true});

var edittext1 = dialog.add('edittext {properties: {name: "edittext1", multiline: true, scrollable: true, borderless: true}}'); 
    edittext1.alignment = ["fill","fill"];
    edittext1.minimumSize = [70, 25];

dialog.layout.layout(true);
dialog.layout.resize();
dialog.onResizing = dialog.onResize = function () { this.layout.resize(); }

if ( dialog instanceof Window ) dialog.show();

The text won't save but wouldn't be to hard to add support for it.

[zachneel]

Thanks man! This is exactly what I was looking for. Putting the "fill" in the array is what was eluding me.

[Greg5F9B]

That’s exactly what had me scratching my head when I first wrote this.

[zawilliams]

We've got a note taking and todo making plugin called Post Notes if you're still looking for something like that: https://postnotes.app/

Cheers!