Script to alter Line Spacing, on selected paragraphs

[Slater]

Hi Everyone,

I've a script to change the colour of some selected text, and in that vein I'd like to make one that changes the line spacing so that I can have indented paragraphs that look like bullet point lists, is this possible?

The way to do it long hand is to go Format > Line Spacing > Other, and in my case it would be Left 0.8 and First -0.3 (as attached screen grab), but I can't figure out or find any answers on the web if it's possible to do this via a script, for the selected paragraphs / text?

My FM version is 19.6.3

Many thanks for any ideas

[Fitch]

There's no simple way to do it, but you might be able to achieve this with a web viewer, something like: https://www.sloperdata.com/demos/easy-filemaker-quill-integration

[Slater]

Thanks for getting back to me Fitch, and I guess I'll just keep going to the menu to do it!

All the best

[comment]

I have a vague recollection of a method that kept a formatted character in a global text field and somehow inserted this character in front of a text in order to apply the character's formats to that text. I am afraid I don't know the details.

 

[Slater]

Thanks Comment, I'd found this:
https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D53w000054L1ihCAC/setting-line-spacing-with-a-script-possible
Which was similar, though it's about being able to format whole fields and I'm trying to just use particular sections within a field's text.

and you might have been thinking of this:
https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D53w000069UD1tCAG/soft-return-in-calculated-field-text
which is about using a calculation field, which doesn't work for me (though I don't really understand it!)

Thanks though, and all the best,

[comment]

I don't think those links are relevant to what I had in mind. Alas, I don't remember anything beyond what I already told you.

I'll try and do a search later if I have the time.

 

[comment]

This is what I was thinking of:
https://fmforums.com/topic/48797-who-said-that-text-alignment-cant-be-set-by-script/#comment-227957

The demo file formats the entire field but it shouldn't be too difficult to adapt the method to a selected paragraph.

 

[Slater]

wow Comment, you have an incredible archival knowledge of FM! 🙌
I've had a look at it, and it mainly seems out of my understanding, but I'll come back to it over the weekend and see if I can get things going!
All the best