Dialog-only plugin?

InDesign
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Is there a way for a plugin to only have a dialog as a UI? So basically instead of a “panel” entry point to have a “dialog”?
I could do something like: make the panel (from the manifest) really small, then in the panel’s create method to call the dialog show. But it feels like a very ugly solution, and I have no idea how to close the panel after closing the dialog.
Any suggestions?

2

No need for a panel, use a command-only plugin. Actually the command is also redundant.
In my plugin.create I install menu items thru InDesign object model, as main path to show the dialog.

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Hi Dirk, thanks for answering.
Can you elaborate a bit, please? The command idea would work best, but as far as I can see, I can only create “native” InDesign dialogs with it (app.dialogs.add()), which wouldn’t allow me to use React.

4

Why? Same as you render initial DOM on a panel, you can render it on a dialog, can’t you? :face_with_monocle:

5

Edited: strike it, I’m stupid.

commands: {
    'silly-command': {
      run() {

        // Create a root for the React app
        const container = document.createElement('dialog');
        const r = container.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
        r.id = 'root';
        document.body.appendChild(container);
        const root = createRoot(r);
        root.render(
          <StrictMode>
            <App />
          </StrictMode>
        );
        container.uxpShowModal({
          resize: 'both',
          size: { width: 500, height: 450 },
          title:'URL Processor'});
        
      },
    },

Works ok-ish.
Thank you @Karmalakas and @Dirk

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