In my scripted UI panel, I have a button that is supposed to insert some text. I came up with this routine, which, indeed, inserts whatever text wherever I want, but if there is any text already selected, it doesn't replace the selection.
How can I modify this function to replace the selection? If there is nothing selected, it should just insert the text normally.
function insertText(whattext){
if( app.selection.length < 1 ){ exit(); }
var tf = app.selection;
for( var q = 0; q < tf.length; q++ ){
var thisframe = tf[q];
var originaltext = thisframe.contents;
thisframe.contents = originaltext + whattext;
}
}
Hmmm... well, this seems to work pretty well... [embarassed look on face]
function insertText(whattext){
app.selection[0].contents = whattext;
}
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I've been getting problems trying to reference a dynamic range in google sheets to apply my function to: essentially replacing special characters and empty cells within a given data range with 0s, works perfectly if I gave it a static range but cant seem to do a dynamic one. Thanks alot for any help offered
Code thus far:
function replaceValues() {
var sheet1 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var lastRow = sheet1.getDataRange().getLastRow()
var firstRow = sheet1.getDataRange().getRow("B2")
var targetValue1 = '-'
var targetValue2 = ''
var targetValue3 = '$'
var subValue = 0
for(var i =0; i=targetValue1; i++); {
var valueRng = sheet1.getRange(firstRow,lastRow);
var newValues = valueRng.getValues()[i].setValues(subValue);
}
}
Select the range before going the the menu and executing the function or build a modeless dialog and you can make the selection and capture on the custom dialog with a button click.
Demo:
If you have a range, you can do search and replace inside it this way:
range.createTextFinder('aaa').replaceAllWith('b');
Or with RegExp:
range.createTextFinder('a+').useRegularExpression(true).replaceAllWith('b');
I still don't understand what exactly you're trying to gain. So here is a guess how your script might look like:
function replaceValues() {
var sheet1 = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName('Sheet1');
var range = sheet1.getDataRange(); // is the range dynamic enough?
// replace '$' and '-' with '0'
range.createTextFinder("[\$-]").useRegularExpression(true).replaceAllWith('0');
// replace '' with '0'
var data = range.getValues();
data.forEach((row,r) => row.forEach((cell,c) =>
data[r][c] = data[r][c].toString().replace(/^$/,'0')));
range.setValues(data);
}
I'm using this simple script to grab text wrapped in [ENDNOTE][/ENDNOTE] tags and make them into actual InDesign endnotes. The problem I'm having is that only the first 4 characters are being placed between the endnote markers (see screenshot below), any idea why this is happening, or how to make it work right?
var doc = app.activeDocument;
function footnoteToEndnotes () {
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = '\\[ENDNOTE\\](.+?)\\[\\/ENDNOTE\\]';
var endnote,
fnotes = doc.findGrep();
for (var i = fnotes.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
var taggedText = fnotes[i].contents.replace('[ENDNOTE]', '').replace('[/ENDNOTE]', '');
endnote = fnotes[i].insertionPoints[0].createEndnote();
endnote.texts[0].contents = taggedText;
fnotes[i].remove();
}
}
if (parseInt (app.version) < 13) {
alert ('This script requires InDesign CC2018 or later');
exit();
}
doc.endnoteOptions.frameCreateOption = EndnoteFrameCreate.NEW_PAGE;
footnoteToEndnotes();
So, when I set the content of insertionPoints[0], the full endnote ended up inside the endnote markers. But, there was an extraneous tab character at the end of the string... I stripped it out and it's working like I want!
I replaced this line:
endnote.texts[0].contents = taggedText;
With these:
endnote.texts[0].insertionPoints[0].contents = taggedText;
endnote.texts[0].contents = endnote.texts[0].contents.replace('\t', '');
So I'm using this script (credit to Chicago Computer Classes) for populating dynamic data validation of a Google Sheets cell based on what the user entered in a different cell.
For example, if they enter the sport "Football" in one cell, the next cell has data validation for "CFB, CFL, or NFL" but if they enter "Basketball" in the first cell then the second cell's data validation changes to "ABL, CBB, NBA, or WNBA" for examples.
The script is working fantastic and you are welcome to play with the sheet here
However ... here's my problem:
I have an existing spreadsheet with 9000 rows of data. I would like to apply this new data validation scheme to this spreadsheet. The script is triggered with the onEdit() function which works great when you are entering things one row at a time. But if I try to copy and paste a whole bunch of rows in the first column, only the first row of the second column triggers the onEdit and gets the new data validation while all the other rows of the second column are unchanged. I've also tried to "Fill Down" or "Fill Range" on the first column and they have the same result where the first row in the selected range gets the new data validation but the rest of the selection is unchanged.
And while it would work just fine if I was manually entering rows, I really don't feel like doing that 9000 times :)
How do I modify the script to trigger the function with data that's copy/pasted or filled down?
Thanks!
Script here:
function onEdit(){
var tabLists = "Leagues";
var tabValidation = "2018";
var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
var datass = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(tabLists);
var activeCell = ss.getActiveCell();
if(activeCell.getColumn() == 6 && activeCell.getRow() > 1 && ss.getSheetName() == tabValidation){
activeCell.offset(0, 1).clearContent().clearDataValidations();
var makes = datass.getRange(1, 1, 1, datass.getLastColumn()).getValues();
var makeIndex = makes[0].indexOf(activeCell.getValue()) + 1;
if(makeIndex != 0){
var validationRange = datass.getRange(3, makeIndex, datass.getLastRow());
var validationRule = SpreadsheetApp.newDataValidation().requireValueInRange(validationRange).build();
activeCell.offset(0, 1).setDataValidation(validationRule);
}
}
}
You should use the event object, which will provide you with the range that was edited. What you're doing now is looking only at the "active cell", which doesn't leverage the benefits of the event object, and can also lead to bugginess when you make rapid changes.
Using the event object, when you make an edit to multiple cells at once (from copy/paste), you can then loop through the range and set your validations.
function onEdit(e) {
var editedRange = e.range;
var ss = editedRange.getSheet();
var tabValidation = "2018";
if(editedRange.getColumn() == 6 && editedRange.getRow() > 1 && ss.getSheetName() == tabValidation) {
var tabLists = "Leagues";
var tabListsSheet = e.source.getSheetByName(tabLists);
var makes = tabListsSheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, tabListsSheet.getLastColumn()).getValues(); // This won't change during execution, so call only once
var activeCell = editedRange.getCell(1,1); // Start with the first cell
var remainingRows = editedRange.getHeight();
while(remainingRows > 0) {
var cellValue = activeCell.getValue();
activeCell.offset(0, 1).clearContent().clearDataValidations(); // Always clear content & validations
if (cellValue != "") { // Add validations if cell isn't blank
var makeIndex = makes[0].indexOf(cellValue) + 1;
if(makeIndex != 0) {
var validationRange = tabListsSheet.getRange(3, makeIndex, tabListsSheet.getLastRow()-2);
var validationRule = SpreadsheetApp.newDataValidation().requireValueInRange(validationRange).build();
activeCell.offset(0, 1).setDataValidation(validationRule);
}
}
activeCell = activeCell.offset(1, 0); // Get the next cell down
remainingRows--; // Decrement the counter
}
}
}
Is there any trick to break a label text? Because '\n' '\r' '\n\r' don't work.
Many Thanks
if you use those 2 parameters you do what you want don't you ?
app.createLabel(text).setWidth(width).setWordWrap(true)
here is an example (among other widgets ;-):
function showurl() {
var app = UiApp.createApplication();
app.setTitle("Anchor in a popup ;-)");
var panel = app.createFlowPanel()
var image = app.createImage('https://sites.google.com/site/appsscriptexperiments/home/photo.jpg').setPixelSize(50, 50)
var link = app.createAnchor('This is your link', 'https://sites.google.com/site/appsscriptexperiments/home');
var lab = app.createLabel("wrap it because it's too narrow").setWidth(90).setWordWrap(true);
var quit = app.createButton('quit');
panel.add(image).add(link).add(lab).add(quit);
app.add(panel);
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActive();
doc.show(app);
}
EDIT : I found an old post(on the Google group forum, thanks again Henrique ;-) about breaking lines in toast messages and here is the code I used for that case... the principle should work for Labels too but I didn't try.
To use it, just use \n (where you want to break the line) in a variable containing your text and pass it through this function. (there are some comment in the script to explain)
function break_(msg){
var temp = escape(msg);// shows codes of all chars
msg = unescape(temp.replace(/%20/g,"%A0")); // replace spaces by non break spaces
temp = msg.replace("\n"," "); // and replace the 'newline' by a normal space
return temp; // send back the result
}
Would something like this work?
//takes a line of text and returns a flex table broken by \n
function breakLabel(text) {
var app = UiApp.getActiveApplication();
var flexTable = app.createFlexTable();
text = text.split('\n'); // split into an array
for (var i=0; i<text.length; i++){
flexTable.setWidget(i, 0, app.createLabel(text[i].toString()));
}
return flexTable;
}
Adding them to a vertical panel helps as well (not the way you want, but still..):
var vPanel = app.createVerticalPanel().setSize(100,100);
var label = app.createLabel('predominantly blabla blala blabla');
app.add(vPanel.add(label));
See reference
For anyone just now stumbling upon this, the best solution seems to be creating an HTML output for anything that needs line breaks.
Documentation
var htmlApp = HtmlService
.createHtmlOutput('<p>A change of speed, a change of style...</p>')
.setSandboxMode(HtmlService.SandboxMode.IFRAME)
.setTitle('My HtmlService Application')
.setWidth(250)
.setHeight(300);
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().show(htmlApp);
// The script resumes execution immediately after showing the dialog.
Is there a way to set the cursor to be at the end of the contents of a CKEditor?
This developer asked too, but received no answers:
http://cksource.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=19877&hilit=cursor+end
I would like to set the focus at the end of the text inside a CKEditor. When I use:
ckEditor.focus();
It takes me to the beginning of the text already inside the CKEditor.
Dan's answer got strange results for me, but minor change (in addition to typo fix) made it work:
var range = me.editor.createRange();
range.moveToElementEditEnd( range.root );
me.editor.getSelection().selectRanges( [ range ] );
According to the documentation for CKEditor 4, you can do the following once you have the editor object.
var range = editor.createRange();
range.moveToPosition( range.root, CKEDITOR.POSITION_BEFORE_END );
editor.getSelection().selectRanges( [ range ] );
Link: http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/api/CKEDITOR.dom.selection (under selectRanges function).
After a bit of fiddling, I've got it to work with the following code:
$(document).ready(function() {
CKEDITOR.on('instanceReady', function(ev) {
ev.editor.focus();
var s = ev.editor.getSelection(); // getting selection
var selected_ranges = s.getRanges(); // getting ranges
var node = selected_ranges[0].startContainer; // selecting the starting node
var parents = node.getParents(true);
node = parents[parents.length - 2].getFirst();
while (true) {
var x = node.getNext();
if (x == null) {
break;
}
node = x;
}
s.selectElement(node);
selected_ranges = s.getRanges();
selected_ranges[0].collapse(false); // false collapses the range to the end of the selected node, true before the node.
s.selectRanges(selected_ranges); // putting the current selection there
}
});
The idea is:
Get the root node (not body)
Advance to next node, until there are no more nodes to advance to.
Select last node.
Collapse it
Set range
Here's a similar answer to #peter-tracey. In my case my plugin is inserting a citation. If the user has made a selection, I needed to disable the selection and place the cursor at the end of the sentence.
// Obtain the current selection & range
var selection = editor.getSelection();
var ranges = selection.getRanges();
var range = ranges[0];
// Create a new range from the editor object
var newRange = editor.createRange();
// assign the newRange to move to the end of the current selection
// using the range.endContainer element.
var moveToEnd = true;
newRange.moveToElementEditablePosition(range.endContainer, moveToEnd);
// change selection
var newRanges = [newRange];
selection.selectRanges(newRanges);
// now I can insert html without erasing the previously selected text.
editor.insertHtml("<span>Hello World!</span>");
CKEditor 3.x:
on : {
'instanceReady': function(ev) {
ev.editor.focus();
var range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( ev.editor.document );
range.collapse(false);
range.selectNodeContents( ev.editor.document.getBody() );
range.collapse(false);
ev.editor.getSelection().selectRanges( [ range ] );
}
}
based on pseudo-code provided by the developers here:
https://dev.ckeditor.com/ticket/9546#comment:3
You have to focus editor, get document object, put it in range,
collapse range (with false parameter), select body (with
selectNodeContents), collapse it (with false parameter) and finally
select range. It is best to do it all in instanceReady event.
This is the easiest solution provided by the ckeditor API. I have tested it on IE10+, ff, safari and Chrome:
range = editor.createRange();
// the first parameter is the last line text element of the ckeditor instance
range.moveToPosition(new CKEDITOR.dom.node(editor.element.$.children[pos - 1]), CKEDITOR.POSITION_BEFORE_END)
range.collapse()
editor.getSelection().selectRanges([ range ])
This will work for sure.
CKEDITOR.config.startupFocus = 'end';
have you tried ckEditor.Selection.Collapse(false);
According to CKEditor 4 documentation, another option is:
const range = this.ckeditor.createRange()
range.moveToElementEditablePosition(range.root, true)
this.ckeditor.getSelection().selectRanges([range])
Link: https://ckeditor.com/docs/ckeditor4/latest/api/CKEDITOR_dom_range.html#method-moveToElementEditablePosition