InDesign Index adds a pesky return at the end of the index when created

[larryp22136904]

Hello:
I created an index and everything works great with one exception.
When InDesgin creates or updates my index, it creates it with a return at the end of the index.
Hidden characters turns on so you can see what I mean.

I've tried several things to get InDesign to create the index without the return, but nothing seems to work.
I know I can create a GREP code s+/r, to delete the return in Find/Change, or even write a script to delete the return. But that adds an additional step for designers to perform. Probably just easier to manually delete the return.
 I's there a way/method to get InDesign to NOT add the return when the index is created.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong when I create the index, but when I watch videos about InDesign indexing, all the videos also show/have the return at the end too. So maybe that is just the way InDesign creates its indexes.
I would like to get your feedback and suggestions if there is a way to get InDesign to create the index without that pesky return at the bottom.
Thanks.
Larry

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

It's... an ID thing. It seems to happen with endnotes as well. Just some tiny kink in the process, a working line or some such, left behind like a gum wrapper.

[larryp22136904]

Thanks. You're right. It seems like the developers could fix this
I tried everything I know. No worked. And it's just as easy to simply
delete the return than go through the process of using a Find/Change or
even a script with a shortcut key.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

To be honest, I don't see this as any sort of crisis. Yes, it's annoying. Yes, I sigh a bit when I find these tag-ons and delete them. But it seems as if it would take a very narrow set of circumstances to affect the final result at all — if the index or end notes are precisely sized to fit to the bottom margin, for example, or if balance-columns is used. Even in the latter case, the balance setting has to be manually applied and/or checked, and there you are, right where the extra paragraph needs to be deleted.

And, it only recurs when you update the list, which is a manual and often one-time operation. So checking the results and zapping the extra line could/should be one effortless operation.

But in general it's an invisible nit with little effect — at least, so I see it and so has been my experience. Am I missing something?

[Peter Kahrel]

The table of contents used to have a trailing return, like the index. In the toc it was removed a couple of years ago. But Adobe left it in the index. They haven't touched the index since it was introduced many years ago. Sometimes I think they forgot that InDesign has an index. Or they're afraid of it. 

[larryp22136904]

Thanks, Peter. Yes, you're probably right. Perhaps Abode forgot about the index. I just discovered it myself, and I think it's pretty cool. Saves time from changing page numbers manually. Even with the pesky return at the bottom. Thank for taking the time to respond.

[FRIdNGE]

… Including Index Generation inside a Script:

/*
    _FRIdNGE-0767_IndexGeneration.jsx
    Script written by FRIdNGE, Michel Allio [17/11/24]

    See: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-index-adds-a-pesky-return-at-the-end-of-the-index-when-created/td-p/14984969
*/

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
// Generate Index:
var myIndex = myDoc.indexes[0];
myIndex.generate();
// Remove Last Carriage Return Inside The Index Story:
var myStories = myDoc.stories;
for ( var s = 0; s < myStories.length; s++ ) {
    if ( myStories[s].storyType === StoryTypes.INDEXING_STORY ) {
        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
        app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = "\\r\\z";
        app.changeGrepPreferences.changeTo = "";
        myStories[s].changeGrep();
        app.findGrepPreferences = app.changeGrepPreferences = null;
    }
}
app.selection = null;

(^/)  The Jedi

[Frans v.d. Geest]

An Index is something different than a Table of Contents... But, yes it is the way it is with that return