Indesign Scripting - BehaviorEvents.MOUSE_EXIT

[DAVIDKOBELT]

Hi all, I have a question regarding BehaviorEvents.MOUSE_EXIT and BehaviorEvents.MOUSE_ENTER. Is it possible to remove them all using javascript? If this is possible, how do I do this as a newbie?

[Peter Kahrel]

What do you mean by 'removing them all'? Remove what? From where?

[DAVIDKOBELT]

You are, of course, absolutely right. Sometimes you have the problem in your head and forget that everyone else has not been included in your thoughts so far. I think m1b's answer contains exactly what I was looking for. But he too actually had to guess wildly at my needs.

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Hi David, what you're asking is probably possible, but we'd need more information about your specific needs.

To get started, here's a script I just wrote that will remove behaviors with those event types from all buttons in the active document. I've made it fairly flexible so behaviors can be removed from other items and target different events. Let me know if that works for you.

- Mark

/*
    Remove Behaviors
    for Adobe Indesign 2022

    by m1b
    here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-scripting-behaviorevents-mouse-exit/m-p/12590473
*/


function main() {


    removeBehaviors(

        // remove behaviors from these items:
        app.activeDocument.buttons,

        // remove only behaviors triggered by these events
        [
            BehaviorEvents.MOUSE_ENTER,
            BehaviorEvents.MOUSE_EXIT
        ]

    );


    function removeBehaviors(items, targetEventTypes) {
        if (items == undefined) return;
        if (targetEventTypes == undefined) return;

        // iterate over items
        for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
            var item = items[i];
            if (!item.hasOwnProperty('behaviors')) continue;
            var behaviors = item.behaviors;

            // iterate over item's behaviors
            behaviorLoop:
            for (var b = behaviors.length - 1; b >= 0; b--) {

                // iterate over array of behaviorEvents to remove
                for (var e = 0; e < targetEventTypes.length; e++) {
                    if (behaviors[b].behaviorEvent == targetEventTypes[e]) {
                        //$.writeln('removing "' + behaviors[b].name + '" behavior (' + targetEventTypes[e] + ') from item ' + i);
                        behaviors[b].remove();
                        continue behaviorLoop;
                    }

                }
            }
        }

    } // end removeBehaviors


} // end main

app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Remove Button Behaviors');