Script to automatically assign existing text hyperlinks to the text frame they reside within instead

Question

Hi,I've used the 'convert URL's to hyperlinks' command in InDeign to convert multiple URL's, all in their own text frames, to Hyperlinks. I'd rather the hyperlinks were assigned to the actual frames themselves, rather than the URL text within them. Is there a way to do this with a script?I did find this script: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/how-to-change-automatically-frame-with-hyperlink-text-into-hyperlinked-frame/td-p/10438408 which says it will do this but it doesn't work (i get a string error). Can anyone help?Thanks

Kasyan Servetsky · Accepted Answer

There's a mistake in the code. Here's a fixed version. I tried to make it more easy to understand.

if (app.documents.length > 0) main();

function main() {
	var hyperlink, sourceText, textFrame, storedName, newSource, newHyperlink,
	doc = app.activeDocument,	
	hyperlinks = doc.hyperlinks.everyItem().getElements();

	for (var i = 0; i < hyperlinks.length; i++) {
		hyperlink =hyperlinks[i];

		if (!hyperlink.source.hasOwnProperty("sourceText") || hyperlink.source.sourceText == undefined) continue;
		sourceText = hyperlink.source.sourceText;		
	
		textFrame = sourceText.parentTextFrames[0];
		storedName = hyperlink.name;
		newSource = doc.hyperlinkPageItemSources.add(textFrame);
		newHyperlink = doc.hyperlinks.add(newSource, hyperlink.destination);
		hyperlink.remove();
		
		 // clear the "Hyperlink" char style
		if (sourceText.appliedCharacterStyle.name == "Hyperlink") {
			sourceText.appliedCharacterStyle = doc.characterStyles.item("[None]");
			sourceText.clearOverrides();
		}
	
		newHyperlink.name = storedName;
	}
}

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Kasyan Servetsky · Answer

I reworked the script a little and posted it here on my site.Now it marks — via insertLabel() — ‘processed’ text frames so if a frame has 2+ hyperlinks it won’t throw an error.Enclosed adding a new source into a try-catch block to avoid “The object you have chosen is already in use by another hyperlink.” errors.

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