Vertical is a story property: every frame of a thread is vertical or
horizontal together, a frame threaded onto a story takes its direction,
and frames split off by threading or breaking a thread keep theirs.
Type > Story Direction is type.storyDirection {vertical} (checked in the
menu) for the stories of the text selection or selected frames;
object.textFrameOptions {vertical} and frame.create {vertical} set the
frames' stories. Documents that stored Vertical on the frame open with
each story taking its first frame's direction. IDML StoryOrientation is
read into and written from the story, beside its column direction
(StoryDirection), which stays a separate setting.
named_targets reads ids/id as targets() does, so {ids: [], id} can't
pass the gate and then run on nothing.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A command that documents ids (object.textFrameOptions, transform.rotate, ...)
acts on the objects a call names, yet its enabled check looked only at the
selection. With a text caret or nothing selected, {"ids": [5]} failed with:
command `object.textFrameOptions` is not available right now: nothing selected
Execute now lets such a call through when every named object exists, and
says "no object with id N" when one doesn't. transform.set, object.arrange
and edit.stepAndRepeat, which already acted on ids, now document them.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
frame.create's text and text.insert kept CR and CR LF as characters, so text
written with InDesign's, classic Mac or Windows line ends ("One\rTwo") became
a single paragraph, and paragraph formatting (spaceAfter) never applied
between the parts. They now become \n, the paragraph separator, as edit.paste
and text import already did.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Commands return errors instead of expect()/unreachable!() (book, library,
undo/redo, paste, find/replace, Pathfinder, tables, QR, select, swatches,
anchors, articles, transform again, XML import). The sample document builder
propagates errors. Commands that add a key to their parameters no longer
panic when a caller (control channel, MCP, script) passes an array or a
string, and corrupt crash-recovery metadata is ignored. engine, mcp and
tools now deny unwrap/expect/panic/unimplemented/todo/unreachable.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
prefs.set (application) and document.preferences (units, increments, grids; undoable).
Scaling applies to content: paths and placed graphics take the scale, stroke weights follow
with Include Stroke Weight. X/Y/W/H and transform.set measure the stroke's outer edge.
The command palette becomes Quick Apply and lists styles.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Edit › Paste Into (⌥⌘V): copied objects (with their stories and images) become the selected
frame's content, clipped by it; Item::is_group / has_nested_items; renderer and PDF draw fill,
clipped content, stroke; IDML nests the items inside the frame both ways (verified in
InDesign 2026) (+ tests)
- Polygon Settings: sides and star inset as engine preferences used by the polygon tools and
frame.create; double-click the Polygon tool (+ test)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
