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Question

Bring items in front of another

The applescript dictionary for InDesign says:

"bring to front v : Brings the object to the front of its layer or in front of a particular item."

But how do you write to bring the object in front of a particular item? The command only accept one parameter (the object that it brings to front).

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Legend

Hi,

this parameter is exactly what you need

myObject.bringToFront(particularObject);

Jarek

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Thanks Jarek,

you saved my day! Though I had to use the "do script"-command to make it work in Applescript:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"

set mySelectedPageItems to selection

set myObject to item 1 of mySelectedPageItems

set particularObject to item 4 of mySelectedPageItems

do script "arguments[0].bringToFront(arguments[1])" language javascript with arguments {myObject, particularObject}

end tell

I wasted so many hours yesterday trying to work it out in AS, but failed. Maybe someone know the right syntax in AS?

Legend

Hi,

I would try:

tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"

set mySelectedPageItems to selection

set myObject to item 1 of mySelectedPageItems

set particularObject to item 4 of mySelectedPageItems

tell myObject

end tell

however can not test it

Jarek

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