Add Vertical Scrollbar to the right of the Custom InDesign Palette

[Masood.Ahmad]

Hi Everyone,

I need your support in adding a vertical scrollbar to my custom palette for InDesign. The current palette is growing as I add a new button to it. so I want two vertical scroll bars, one for the 'Custom Checks' and the other for the 'Custom Fixes'. Here's my code:

If easily doable, can we also reduce the margins between the buttons.

Thanks, in advance,

M

#targetengine 'customChecksAndFixes'

// Create the panel window
var myWindow = new Window('palette', "Checks & Fixes - InDesign, v5.0", undefined, { resizeable: true });

// Add here a message "Please Save Your File Before Running a Script!"
var messageText = myWindow.add('statictext', undefined, "Save Your File Before Clicking a Button...");
messageText.alignment = 'center';

// Add buttons to the panel
myWindow.alignChildren = 'column';
myWindow.alignChildren = 'left';

// ************************************************ CUSTOM CHECKS – B U T T O  N S

var checkFonts = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - Fonts Status)');
var checkTextSize = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - Text Less than 6pt)');
var checkBaselineShift = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - Text with Baseline Shift)');
var checkRGB = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - RGB Image(s)');
var checkResolution = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - Effective Resolution Below 300');
var checkScaling = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - Image Scaling above 110%');
var checkProportional = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - Non-Proportionally Scaled Image(s)');
var checkEmbedded = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'CHECK - Pasted & Embedded Image(s)');

myWindow.add('panel', undefined); // Creates a visual separator

// ************************************************ FIXES – B U T T O  N S

var removeSpaceBeforePunctuation = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'FIX - Remove Double & Space(s) Before Punctuation');
var leadingFix = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'FIX - Leading at the End of a Paragraph');
var fixSwatches = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'FIX - Convert All Swatches to CMYK');
var reg2BlackFix = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'FIX - Registration Colour to Black');
var strokeBelow025Fix = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'FIX - Stroke Below 0.25pt');
var pasteBoardCleanup = myWindow.add('button', undefined, 'FIX - Delete Pasteboard Items');


// ************************************************ F U N C T I O N S


// Show the panel
myWindow.show();

 

[Peter Kahrel]

Adding scrollbars to that kind of window layout is tricky. You'll find an example in here:

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/scriptui.html

In there you can also find how to change the space between buttons.

[Masood.Ahmad]

Thanks, Peter for the suggestions.

Can a single scroll bar be added to the right despite two?

[Peter Kahrel]

Yes it is.

[Masood.Ahmad]

Please help me with the code. I'm not a coder by profession.

[Peter Kahrel]

As I said it's tricky, and I don't have the inclination to write the code for you. Partly because the ScriptUI (the system you used for your interface) is slowly degrading, and Adobe aren't going to do anything about it.

Try and find a script writer who'll do it for you in ScriptUI or redo it entirely in UXP.

Sorry I can't be of more help.