Has anyone created a progress bar using UXP scripting yet

[Peter Kleinheider]

Until now, a new windows for a progress bar was instantiated using

var w = new Window(…)
However, using the new UXP developer tools, I get the folling error:

Uncaught ReferenceError: Window is not defined

So my question is: how can I create a progress bar when writing .idjs javascript files?

best

Peter

[Loic.Aigon]

Hi Peter,

Building UI with UXP requires HTML Window. You can find sample here:

https://developer-stage.adobe.com/indesign/uxp/uxp-scripting-samples/

Once that said, I just tried adding a progressbar (the native object) and my Indesign just crashed (even needed a restart).

So it seems hazardous to say the least. 
If you are brave enough, you can maybe trick it using a pseudo progressbar => div.
HTH

Loic

[Peter Kleinheider]

t

Thx Loic, this info is very helpful.

Looking forward to see more examples popping up in the future. I did not do front end HTML/CSS programming yet.

[erinferinferinf]

Hi Peter,

I asked the InDesign team and they confirmed that the progress bar isn't available yet in InDesign UXP scripting:

 progress bar would work by creating a progress  element and attaching it to the dialog

// The code below can be added to the dialog sample which is shared 
// Assuming `div` as a div element in the dialog
let progressBar = document.createElement("progress");
div.appendChild(progressBar);
progressBar.value = 0.2;

It is currently available in Photoshop UXP... here's some documentation.