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Add `parentPage` and `parentTextFrame` of Table Cell and Row

Please add parentPage and parentTextFrame to cell and row. Up to now it is not possible to determine, on which page or in which text frame a specific table cell/row is located.

There is a hack with adding an anchored text frame, releasing it an reading its properties. But this is very hacky an time consuming ...
Or I have to use insertion points inside the cells/rows to get to the parentPage.
But this is all very clumsy.
( See here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/extendscript-indesign-2022-return-parentpage-s-of-last-cells-of-all-tables/m-p/12942541#M477149 )

Thanks,
Tobias

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  • Uwe Laubender commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Tobias,
    thank you for this feature request!

    A cell or a row should also be aware of its position on the page or on the spread.
    So something like geometricBounds or visibleBounds for a cell or a row would be very handy.

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Professional )

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