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Is there a way of recognising linebreaks with a Text Box

New Here ,
Nov 03, 2023 Nov 03, 2023

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Hi,

I am running Illustrator 28.0 on Mac OS 13.6.1.

I am currently flowing varied text in to a text box, and wondered if there was a way in which I could identify the linesbreaks within the text box. So I would want to be able to recognise once the text is flown in the words 'the_' and 'Sat_'. Screenshot 2023-11-03 at 14.15.34.pngThe reason for this is so I can potentially identify with coding and manipulate actions when a linebreak is created.

Thanks

Steve

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Guide , Nov 03, 2023 Nov 03, 2023

This should output a list of words at line breaks (but not paragraph breaks).  A text frame should be selected.

var output = "";
var paragraphs = app.selection[0].paragraphs;
for (var i = 0; i < paragraphs.length; i++) {
    var lines = paragraphs[i].lines;
    for (var j = 0; j < lines.length - 1; j++) {
        var index = lines[j].words.length - 1;
        output += lines[j].words[index].contents + "\n";
    }
}
alert(output);

 

 

 

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This should output a list of words at line breaks (but not paragraph breaks).  A text frame should be selected.

var output = "";
var paragraphs = app.selection[0].paragraphs;
for (var i = 0; i < paragraphs.length; i++) {
    var lines = paragraphs[i].lines;
    for (var j = 0; j < lines.length - 1; j++) {
        var index = lines[j].words.length - 1;
        output += lines[j].words[index].contents + "\n";
    }
}
alert(output);

 

 

 

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Thank you so much femkeblanco

That worked perfectly

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