Description

Gets the text frame selected by the user or the text frame with the specified identifier.

Syntax

<void> TextFrameCollection.getItem(<RequestTextFrameCallback> callback, [<ErrorCallback> errorCallback], [<number> id])

Parameters

Parameter	Description
callback	Receives the requested text frame or null if there is no text frame at the current input position / with the specified identifier.
errorCallback	Optional. Is called when the operation failed with an error.
id	Optional. The text frame's identifier.

Examples

The following example demonstrates TextFrameCollection.getItem in a practical document-editing workflow. It gets the text frame selected by the user or the text frame with the specified identifier.

function onTxError(error) {
    console.error("TX Text Control error:", error.msg);
    error.handled = true;
}

TXTextControl.textFrames.getItem(
    function(textFrame) {
        if (!textFrame) {
            console.warn("No text frame was returned.");
            return;
        }
        
        console.log("get item result:", textFrame);
    },
    onTxError,
    25
);