Text frames to use flow like InDesign

That would be a nice addition. Thanks!

hi sundar,
i tried,,
var mydoc=app.documents.item(0);
var mytexts=mydoc.stories.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().getElements( );
for (i=0;i<mytexts.length;i++) {
    var mytext=mytexts[i];
    if (mytext.fillColor.name == "blue") {
   mytext.parentTextFrames.everyItem().itemLayer=mydoc.layers.item("blue layer");
but the error message is. mytext.parentTextFrames.everyItem is not a function. highlighting the above boldened text. can you help on this

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