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Does this work
app.menuActions.item("$ID/Find/Change...").invoke();
Hi @Sherylz , Find/Change... is not a panel, so you have to specify a menuAction to open it, and it won’t open unless the menu item is enabled—there’s no visible property, but there is an enabled property. So (Code Edited):
var fc = app.menuActions.itemByID("18694");
if(fc.enabled){
fc.invoke();
}
What are you going to do in the dialog when it is open? Text and Grep searches are fully scriptable without opening the dialog.
Sorry, there was a type-o in my post should be itemByID as @FRIdNGE is showing but with the enabled test:
var fc = app.menuActions.itemByID(18694);
if(fc.enabled){
fc.invoke();
}
But this should also work:
var fc = app.menuActions.itemByName("Find/Change...");
if(fc.enabled){
fc.invoke();
}
… Maybe I don't understand something but theese two codes give the same result if the Find/Replace window is or not visible.
Rob:
var fc = app.menuActions.itemByID(18694);
if(fc.enabled){
fc.invoke();
}
FRIdNGE:
app.menuActions.itemByID(18694).invoke();
(^/)
but theese two codes give the same result
Hi @FRIdNGE , You are right they do the same. I was just trying to show there is an .enabled property, but no .visible property. I could add an alert in case the menu item happens to be grayed out:
var fc = app.menuActions.itemByName("Find/Change...");
if(fc.enabled){
fc.invoke();
} else {
alert("Find/Change is not Available")
}
Is there a method like item("$ID/Find/Change...")
That should also work, see @Eugene Tyson ’s post. But as with the other options nothing would happen if the menu item is grayed out and disabled. So:
var fc = app.menuActions.item("$ID/Find/Change...");
if(fc.enabled){
fc.invoke();
} else {
alert("Find/Change is not Available")
}
Rob,
First, "app.menuActions.itemByName("Find/Change...")" doesn't work on a French ID version, you will need: app.menuActions.itemByName("Rechercher/Remplacer...").
Then, your code is irrelevant if the op plays on an open doc! That is, I suppose, a minimal condition (no sense trying to run a find/replace without a target document).
(^/)
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