setSelection() certain part of paragraph using findText()

Question

I am trying to select only part of a paragraph/text element, the code below works partially as it selects the entire paragraph:

 function FindTextSelection(){
   var range = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().newRange();
   var findtext = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody().editAsText().findText("some").getElement();
   Logger.log(findtext);
   range.addElement(findtext);
   DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().setSelection(range.build());

 }

The aim is to find a #placeholder# and user can just type straight over the highlighted/selected text.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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After getting the value for "findText", you can get the text value of the var by

 var findTextValue = findText.asText();

and then change the background of that text in the body.

You can possible write a recursive function to find the #placeholder# and change the background color.

Try checking this question already been answered by Mogsdad for more details.

Hope that helps!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Nov 13 '14 at 00:52

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 01 '17 at 09:32

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var body = doc.getBody();
var rangeBuilder = doc.newRange();

var cursor = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getCursor();
var surroundingText = cursor.getSurroundingText().getText();
var surroundingTextOffset = cursor.getSurroundingTextOffset();
surroundingText = surroundingText.substring(0,surroundingTextOffset);
rangeBuilder.addElement(DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getCursor().getElement(), 0, surroundingTextOffset);
DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().setSelection(rangeBuilder.build())

setSelection() certain part of paragraph using findText()

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