InDesign Javascript Pages Palette question...

[deckarduk]

Hi there,

Is there a way to get the page names from the Pages Palette, under each page icon, using javascript?

I can access the page numbers however I need the page names.

Thanks.

[rob day]

Hi @deckarduk , A page has name and documentOffset properties.—name should give you the name listed in the pages panel:

var p = app.activeWindow.activePage;
alert("\rActive page name: " + p.name + "\rActive page absolute number: "+(p.documentOffset + 1))

Result:

[deckarduk]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the help.

Apologies, I should have explained better, I can get the 'absolute' page number.

Is there a way to get the information, e.g. 'Chap01-3', under each page icon as shown on the screen grab?

Thanks again.

[rob day · Accepted solution]

Yes, the name property:

var p = app.activeWindow.activePage.name;
alert(p);

[deckarduk]

Thanks Rob 👍

I've just realised, I'm expecting the master page prefix too that's why I asked.

I'm presuming I can get that from somewhere and concatenate the two.

Thanks again.

[rob day · Accepted solution]

var p = app.activeWindow.activePage;
alert(p.appliedMaster.name + "  " + p.name)

[deckarduk]

Great, thanks for the help Rob 👍