[JS] How to remove character in text frame?

[K159]

Hi

I want to remove one character from insertionPoint.

I tried below code.  But It was not able to get the results I want.

Please advice for me.

Thanks.

//app.selection[0].remove();    // "app.selection[0]" is current insertionPoint.
//app.selection[0].characters[0].remove();
//app.selection[0].texts[0].remove();

[TᴀW · Accepted solution]

It's a little trickier than you might have thought:

app.selection[0].parent.characters[app.selection[0].index - 1].remove()

In other words, first you find the parent story of the insertionPoint. Then you find the nth character of that story, n being the index of the selected insertionPoint. Then subtract 1, as you want to delete backwards, so you want the character before the insertionPoint.

Ariel

[vinothr]

Following should work for you. I have considered that you do not have linked text frames, i.e, you story is contained in one text frame only.

var selectionContext = app.selection[0];
if(selectionContext && selectionContext.constructor.name == "InsertionPoint") {  // Make sure it is insertion point only
var index = selectionContext.index;
if(selectionContext.parent.constructor.name == "Story") {
    var ch = selectionContext.parent.characters.item(index);  // Make sure we have a char to delete
    if(ch && ch.isValid)
            ch.remove();
    }
}

[K159]

Thanks for your answer

[Laubender]

Hello vinothr,

the parent of the insertionPoint could be also: "[object Cell]" or "[object Footnote]".

Uwe

[vinothr]

Yes, agree, perhaps, depending on the context, parent of InsertionPoint can be TextPath, Text, TextFrame, Paragraph, Word, Cell, Note, XMLElement, HiddenText, etc.

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