Auto text flow script

[Davis_XI]

Does anyone have a script that turns off the smart text flow preference? I'd like to apply the script when the document is opened.

Thanks

[m1b]

Hi @Davis_XI, this little script should turn it off. - Mark

var doc = app.activeDocument;
doc.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
alert('Smart Text Reflow = ' + doc.textPreferences.smartTextReflow);

[rob day]

Hi @Davis_XI , do you want it to happen automatically every time any document is opened? In that case it would have to be a startup script that listens for an open event.

[Davis_XI]

Hi Rob, in a perfect world that is how it would work. I've been looking into how to create an open event.

[rob day]

You could run this from your scripts panel, and any document you open while ID is running would have the preference set.  Or you can put it in your startup scripts folder and it will always run on a startup:

#targetengine "smartText";

app.addEventListener("afterOpen", changeSmartText);
function changeSmartText(e) {
    if (e.parent.constructor.name == "LayoutWindow") {
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
    }
};

[Davis_XI]

Hi Rob, thanks but I can't seem to get it to work. So far I've only tried running it with a document open. Is it referencing the previous script or will it work by itself? Really sorry for asking stupid questions ☺️ 

[rob day]

It’s listening for an open event, so it wouldn’t affect a document that is already open.

Does it work if you close then reopen the document?

[Davis_XI]

Thanks for being patient.

It's still not working after i moved it to the startup scripts folder. I'm saving it down from Visual Studio Code. Could it be something wrong there. Here is the code copied out of VSC - 

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Hi @Davis_XI, you must specify a target engine for these event listeners to work. In VSCode a target engine directive should begin with "//@targetengine". Try this exact code:

//@targetengine "smartText";

app.addEventListener("afterOpen", changeSmartText);
// alert('New "afterOpen" event listener is active.');

function changeSmartText(e) {
    if (e.parent.constructor.name == "LayoutWindow") {
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
        alert('Smart Text Reflow = ' + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow);
    }
};

 - Mark

[rob day · Accepted solution]

It's still not working after i moved it to the startup scripts folder.

Did you restart InDesign? Try adding an alert to test the listener, and include the targetengine line. Change to this and restart after you add it to the startup folder:

#targetengine "smartText";

app.addEventListener("afterOpen", changeSmartText);

function changeSmartText(e) {
    if (e.parent.constructor.name == "LayoutWindow") {
        e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow = false;
        alert("This document's Smart Text Reflow has been set to: " + e.parent.parent.textPreferences.smartTextReflow)
    }
};

I get this everytime I open a document:

[Davis_XI]

Perfect. Once again, thank you for your patience.