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No option to create shortcut for Clear Transformation

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April 24, 2026
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Looking to create a keyboard shortcut for Clear Transformations and it looks like it isn’t listed as an option. Am I just missing something?

Additionally does anyone know of a script that would reset all object transformations in a document?

Best,

Matt

Correct answer leo.r

@Little_Matty it’s under Panel Menus:

this one:

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Little_MattyAuthor

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Forums will only let me mark one reply as best answer but thanks @leo.r @rob day and everyone else for the help!

-Matt

rob day

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Additionally does anyone know of a script that would reset all object transformations in a document?

Hi @Little_Matty , Maybe this?

var p = app.activeDocument.allPageItems;
for (var i = 0; i < p.length; i++){
    p[i].clearTransformations()
};

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Little_MattyAuthor

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Worked like a charm. Love this community.

leo.r

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does anyone know of a script that would reset all object transformations in a document?

You’d use the “clear transformations” command in AppleScript or its equivalent in JavaScript. I guess it’s clearTransformations(). I tried to search for it in the JS API but couldn’t find as the search is rather rudimentary there:

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#$.html

leo.r

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leo.r

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p.s. to search for the desired command (some of which are not easy to find), click Show Set, then search in the text editor.

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Little_MattyAuthor

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Great tip! The plot thickens, it shows up in the set but it looks like the Object Editing menu is super paired down from what it lists and unfortunately isn’t included.

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Dirk Becker

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Looking from the plugin side, some of the transform related actions are in the palette menu, e.g. kClearTransformationsActionID is in kPaletteMenusTransformActionArea .

Watch out for a similar Transform: grouping over there.

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