Jump to pages

[Rachel28371239g14w]

I have multiple master pages that have other master pages applied to some of them. I'd like to jump to the first document page that has been applied the current active master page. For example, I have a master page Project AB that has the master page A applied to it, and I have a document page '1' that has Project AB applied to the document page '1'. When I'm on master page Project AB, I want to jump to page '1'. Could this be achieviable via script? I've seen the other ways but not this way.

[Robert Tkaczyk]

Yes, easy, but I'm not fluent in JS, so you need to wait for someone else 😞

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Hi @Rachel28371239g14w, please try this script:

var doc = app.activeDocument,
    activeSpread = doc.layoutWindows[0].activeSpread,
    spreads = doc.spreads;

if (activeSpread.constructor.name == 'MasterSpread') {
    for (var i = 0; i < spreads.length; i++) {
        if (spreads[i].appliedMaster === activeSpread) {
            doc.layoutWindows[0].activeSpread = spreads[i];
            break;
        }
    }
}

If it works they way you want, you could assign a keyboard shortcut to it.

- Mark

[Rachel28371239g14w]

This is fantastic! Just wondering if it's possible to make it applicable to those masters that have other masters applied to it? For instance, I have a master C that have master B applied to it, and master B has master A applied to it.

[m1b]

So how does it work? In your example you said if AB-Master is active, then go to page 1, which has AB-Master applied. Are you saying that if A-Master is active, then go to the first page that has any A-Master or any "master-children" applied to it? So if A-Master is active, or if AB-Master is active, script would go to page 1?

[Rachel28371239g14w]

No, sorry about the confusion! Your script works exactly the way I wanted. It's just that if the AB-Master has another master page applied to it, let's say C, it jumps correctly to page 1 which has AB applied to page 1. But, it won't jump to page 1 if C also has another master BG applied to it. So, it currently only works if the master AB has only one other master applied to it, but I have BG -> C -> AB applied in this order and it only jumps if C -> AB. If that makes sense!

[m1b]

Sorry @Rachel28371239g14w, I'm still having trouble understanding! Could you please set up a little sample document, with the master pages that you want to be able to handle, and a bunch of pages with different masters applied, and post that .indd file here for me to look at, and also post a list of, for example:

A-Master should go to page 1

B-Master should go to page 3

AB-Master should go to page 2

C-Master should go to page 2

etc.

This will help me a lot! 🙂

- Mark

[Rachel28371239g14w]

Sure! I've made the doc for you to see. 

AB to page 1

ii to page 2

uu to page 3

I hope this is a better explanation. Thank you for looking into this!

[m1b]

Hi @Rachel28371239g14w, thanks, that is exactly what I need. However, when I run my script on your sample document I get the following results:

When AB is the active page, script goes to page 1
and when ii is active page, script goes to page 2
and when uu is active page, script goes to page 3

... which is what you expect.

So what happens when you run the script on your sample document? Also can you tell me your Indesign version and OS (Windows or Mac?). Maybe there is something different happening on your system.

- Mark

[m1b]

... or are you already telling me what the script is doing? In that case, please tell me when you want the script to do when it runs while each master page is active. Sorry if I misunderstood. 🙂

[Rachel28371239g14w]

Oops, I tried it again and it works just fine. Sorry, my bad.

Thanks a lot for your help, Mark. Really appreciate it!

[m1b]

Haha all good! Happy to help. 🙂