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Ghoul Fool
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February 23, 2024
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Align image to page script

  • February 23, 2024
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I was hoping to write a tiny script to align the current selected image to the page:

 

// DOES NOT WORK!!! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
var srcDoc = app.activeDocument;
var alignTo = AlignDistributeBounds.PAGE_BOUNDS;
var sel = srcDoc.selection;
srcDoc.align ( sel, AlignOptions.VERTICAL_CENTERS,   alignTo);
srcDoc.align ( sel, AlignOptions.HORIZONTAL_CENTERS, alignTo);

But InDesigned crashed - but I can't think where I'm going wrong.

DON'T use the script in it's current form

 

Answers on a postcard, please.

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    2 replies

    Mike Witherell
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    Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 23, 2024

    Did you try the built-in sample script called aligntopage.jsx or examine its code?

    Mike Witherell
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    Ghoul FoolAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 23, 2024

    That'd just tell me I need to pass an array to align instead of the selection.

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 23, 2024

    The aligntopage.jsx is 15 years old—the align() method probably wasn’t in the API.

     

    srcDoc.selection returns an array and srcDoc.align() wants an array for the first parameter, but it may be the contents of the selection array is causing the crash? If you are trying to align a single item you could try srcDoc.selection[0]

    rob day
    Community Expert
    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 23, 2024

    Hi @Ghoul Fool , your script runs without a problem for me. Have you tried restarting InDesign?

     

    Maybe wrap the align code in a try statement—in case the selection (some text?) can‘t be aligned

     

    var srcDoc = app.activeDocument;
var alignTo = AlignDistributeBounds.PAGE_BOUNDS;
var sel = srcDoc.selection;
try {
    srcDoc.align ( sel, AlignOptions.VERTICAL_CENTERS,   alignTo);
    srcDoc.align ( sel, AlignOptions.HORIZONTAL_CENTERS, alignTo); 
}catch(e) {}
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