determine XMLTags name of current selection

[Dr__TYPO]

Dear scripters,

I'd like to find a way to alert the XMLTags name of the currently selected text or of the text where my cursor currently stands in.

Something like this works:

alert(app.activeDocument.xmlTags.item(0).name);

The problem is, that the above sample is static and only shows the name of item(0).

How can I fix this?

By the way, where can I look up the XML tags syntax? Is there any literature or a syntax overview?

Thanks for your help,

TYPO

[Shonkyin-CF145T · Accepted solution]

Hi Typo,

try below code on CS4

alert(app.selection[0].associatedXMLElements[0].markupTag.name)

You can use Jongware Indesign Object Reference. Check below link

http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html

Shonky

[Dr__TYPO]

COOLIO!

It works perfect, thanks!