escape code for right-indent tab? JS

[TᴀW]

Is it possible to add a right indent tab simply without resorting to

SpecialCharacters?

myString += "Price:\t$19.99";

that adds a regular tab. I'd like that to be a right-indent tab.

Possible?

Thanks,

Ariel

[Jongware]

Insert one in your text then look at the Unicode in the info panel.

Hint: Adobe uses this code not per its original intended usgae, "Backspace".

[TᴀW]

Bingo! Thanks Jongware.

Now, why didn't I do this myself first? I know about the Info panel etc.

It's just that there's a whole bunch of special characters (can't

remember which right now), that share the same Unicode value. If I'm not

mistaken. So I'd given up using the Info panel trick -- too soon, it seems.

Ariel

[liedzeit]

You can also use Special characters as in:

SpecialCharacters.RIGHT_INDENT_TAB;

You are right there is an issue with different characters having same unicode value. Can’t remember which ones, though.

Ralf

[Jongware]

Ralf, the problem with that is that you cannot use these SpecialCharacters in a simple Javascript string -- you have to insert them into 'live' InDesign text. And unfortunately, ID does not provide a "new Text" constructor! Ariël needs them in a simple string.

[liedzeit]

I know, it is a problem. He would need to do something like:

story.insertionPoints.item(-1).contents="Prize";

story.insertionPoints.item(-1).contents=SpecialCharacters.RIGHT_INDENT_TAB;

story.insertionPoints.item(-1).contents="$19.99";

Not very elegant. I only mentioned it because I seem to remember that there are some characters that can not be accessed by unicode.

Ralf

[Marc Autret]

> You are right there is an issue with different characters having same unicode value.

> Can’t remember which ones, though.

Break characters. Column Break, Frame Break and Page Breaks are all coded in ID as Paragraph Return (U+000D).

See: http://www.indiscripts.com/blog/public/data/idcs4-special-characters/en_InDesignCS4-CS5-SpecialChars...

@+

Marc

[Guest]

Here is my work around if anyone wants it...

I use special characters enumerations in a .jsx file, but I don't use them as strings, set the type to number to get it working.

Use it like this in your .jsx file:

/* after I've loaded the xml into textframes */

app.findPreferences = app.changePreferences = null;

var myFound = app.activeDocument.search( "I_want_a_right_indent_tab_here" );  /* you can put any code for right indent tabs in your textframes as long as you reference it here */

myFound[0].contents = 1397909876;

Here is all the  special characters enumeration codes for CS2

[Link to plagiarized site removed by host]

Enjoy!

[Jongware]

davekinross wrote:

Enjoy!

Sorry, but I'm not enjoying that reference you gave. That site is a plain copy of my hard work, unattributed, and with advertisements sprinkled on top. It's a piece of blatant theft. (The site producer even refers to himself "an XML expert" -- ha ha. I would laugh if only it weren't so pathetic.)

For the original, see http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html or its online incarnation at MIT: http://jongware.mit.edu/idcs5js/pe_SpecialCharacters.html

[Harbs.]

I removed the link for you...

Harbs

[Guest]

Do you have the Decimal codes on your site? That is why I pointed to the link which has been removed.

Here are the Special Character Decimal codes I use:

auto Page Number   

1396797550

next Page Number  

1397649518

previous Page Number   

1397780590

section Marker   

1400073805

bullet Character   

1396862068

copy right Symbol   

1396929140

degree Symbol   

1396991858

ellipsis Character

1397518451

forced Line Break   

1397124194

paragraph Symbol   

1397776754

registered Trademark

1397904493

section Symbol

1400073811

trademark Symbol

1398041963

right Indent Tab

1397909876

indent Here Tab

1397319796

em Dash

1397058884

en Dash

1397059140

discretionary Hyphen

1396983920

nonbreaking Hyphen

1397645928

end Nested Style

1396855379

double Left Quote

1396984945

double Right Quote

1396986481

single Left Quote

1397967985

single Right Quote

1397969521

em Space

1397058899

en Space

1397059155

flush Space

1397124179

hair Space

1397256787

nonbreaking Space

1397645907

thin Space

1398042195

figure Space

1397122899

punctuation Space

1397780051

column Break

1396927554

frame Break

1397125698

page Break

1397778242

odd Page Break

1397715010

even Page Break

1397059650

footnote Symbol

1399221837

[Jongware]

Did you try my link? Of course I have the decimal codes on my site!!!  That's the only reason they appeared on that copy-cat site in the first place!!!