[JS] Toc makeAnchor

Hello, is it possible to change the # in the palette to something else?

Bonjour est-il possible de changé le # dans la palette par autre chose ?

Thanks, Peter!

Ok, I did some more tests at the weekend and started from scratch. So:

makeAnchor is adding hyperlinkTextDestinations to a document.

With a distinct name that has some numbering in it:

_idTOCAnchor-n

where n is the number.

The thing is, that all the hyperlinkTextDestinations are not removed from the document if you do a new TOC with a new TOCStyle where makeAnchor is set to false. That was my source of confusion first and where I was wrong when I stated that nothing changes in the document when you set makeAnchor to true or false. I started with a test where I first set makeAnchor to true, then set makeAnchor to false.

Back to Liphou:

If you want to update a TOC with a changed TOCStyle or an edited documents, e.g. you want no headline in your TOC, but only subhead and you would like to minimize your hyperlinkTextDestinations to the needed ones, you could consider first to remove all hyperlinkTextDestinations with that _idTOCAnchor-n name and then update the TOC.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Hi Liphou,

are you sure that you are really after the option

"Make text anchor in source paragraph" ?

That feature was introduced with InDesign version 9. The first version of Creative Cloud.

Before, e.g. with InDesign CS6 version 8, this feature did not exist.

Nevertheless, InDesign's TOC feature added hyperlinks to a document when the TOC was built in CS6.

With text anchors in the source paragraphs. And this is still the case with InDesign CC 2021.

hyperlink.source.sourceText
hyperlink.source.name

should give you the needed information.

And you will see, that:

hypelink.visible

returns false in the case of a hyperlink that was added with the TOC functionality of InDesign.

hyperlink.destination

will return a HyperlinkPageDestination.

You now know the building blocks of a Table Of Contents in a document.

FWIW:

"Make text anchor in source paragraph" is an option, it is part of a TOCStyle and was, as I already said, introduced with InDesign version 9. In the ExtendScript DOM you can turn that option on and off with:

TOCStyle.makeAnchor

Set makeAnchor to true or false. It has no influence on adding hyperlinks to the document when a TOC is added or updated.

What's left? Hm…
What is the real purpose of option "Make text anchor in source paragraph" in a TOC style?

My guess is, this is for an output format like EPUB perhaps. Documentation does not mention this option at all:

https://helpx.adobe.com/in/indesign/using/creating-table-contents.html

And DOM documentation does not tell a bit more:

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#TOCStyle.html

Maybe I detected a glimpse of information in James Wamser's New Features of InDesign pdf:

Adobe InDesign CC | June 17, 2013
Version 9.0
EPUB enhancements
New features make it easier to produce high-quality EPUB files from InDesign.

You have greater control over the table of contents and CSS export, and CSS editing is simpler.…

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Hi Liphou,

I'm a little confused. What exactly are you after?

Could you post a screenshot showing that part of a TOC with invisible characters and the Story Editor window?

What information do you want to retrieve?

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )