Google-docs – How to automatically start an add on for Google Docs

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I'm currently using the Code Blocks add on for Google Docs but everytime I open a new tab, it requires a manual restart.

Is there anything that can be done, perhaps writing something custom (like google apps script) or configuration on my end so that on open the addon automatically starts for this document and this document only?

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Based on my experience developing unlisted add-ons, at this time it's not possible for end-users to add features to add-ons, like automatically clicking a menu, only the add-on developer could add them. In this case the add-on developer could add a mean for the end-user to create an installable on open trigger.

AFAIK the above is not explicitly mentioned on https://developers.google.com/apps-script.

My suggestion is to send feedback to the add-on developer.

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Google-apps-script – Create help pop-up in Google Document using Google Apps Script

You could deploy your script as a web app, which implies implementing a doGet() method. In this method, you define your HTML content.

You can then access your script by the URL that is displayed in the Deploy as web app dialog. This URL could then be used in a link in your document.

However, the web app content is not displayed in a pop-up, so this might not solve your problem completely. You might want to create a sidebar. See the documentation for this.

Google-apps-script – Using Google Apps Script to set cursor to Headers in Google Docs

There's no way to obtain heading URLs, this is a popular but unsatisfied request. However, you can speed up your function by only looking into headings:

function goto ( title ) {
  var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument (),
      body = doc.getBody (),
      searchType = DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH,
      searchResult = null;

  while ( searchResult = body.findElement ( searchType, searchResult ) ) {
    var par = searchResult.getElement ().asParagraph (),
        heading = par.getHeading ();
    switch ( heading ) {
      case DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING1:
      case DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING2:
      case DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING3:
      case DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING4:
      case DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING5:
      case DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING6:
        if ( par.findText ( title ) ) { 
          // assumes that title is unique among headings
          // and it does not appear as a subset of a heading
          doc.setCursor ( doc.newPosition ( par, 1 ) );
        }
        break;
    }
  }
}

If you want to help, you can star the corresponding Google Apps script issue.

EDIT: Fixed a]two syntax errors

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