Script to select all images in document?

Hi Alison,

if  you want to do a specific thing to all container frames of all graphics in the document a script is the solution.

As a start I would begin with the allGraphics array of the active document. That will contain all graphics, linked or not.

You could apply an object style to all container frames of all graphics. That object style could contain a frame fitting option. In essence you will automatically access every item in the allGraphics array and do something to the parent of every graphic stored. That particular parent is the container frame holding a particular graphic.

Code is below and is working with an object style.

It's up to you to set the right name for the object style you want to apply to.

Oh, and it comes with one single undo for the whole action:

( function()
{
	var objectStyleName = "YourObjectStyleNameYouWantToApply";
	
	app.scriptPreferences.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevels.interactWithAll;
	app.doScript
		(
		
		applyObjectStyleAndClearOverridesToAllContainersOfGraphics , 
		ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, 
		[], 
		UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 
		"Apply Object Style And Clear Overrides to ALL Containers of Graphics | SCRIPT"
		
		);
		
	function applyObjectStyleAndClearOverridesToAllContainersOfGraphics()
	{
	
		// No document is open, do nothing:
		if( app.documents.length == 0 ){ return };
		
		var objectStyleForAllContainersOfGraphics = app.documents[0].objectStyles.itemByName( objectStyleName );
		
		// If object style is not found, do nothing:
		if( !objectStyleForAllContainersOfGraphics.isValid ){ return };
		
		var allGraphicsInDoc = app.documents[0].allGraphics ;
		var allGraphicsInDocLength = allGraphicsInDoc.length ;
		
		for( var n=0; n<allGraphicsInDocLength; n++ )
		{
			allGraphicsInDoc[n].parent.applyObjectStyle( objectStyleForAllContainersOfGraphics , true , false ) ;
		};
	
	};

}() )

FWIW: It's also possible to literally select the container frames of all graphics in a document:

One by one, spread by spread by executing the same script over and over again. If you are interested I will post the script after its finished. Its just a fun project without any priority.

Of course one could select a single container frame of a linked graphic also using the Links panel.

The 3 steps doing it without a script are:

1. Select the link of the placed graphic in the Links panel

2. Invoke the command: Go to link ( you could use the context menu as well )

3. Hit the Esc key to select the container frame

Then do what you want with the frame:

Apply an object style, scale the frame, etc., etc.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

You do not need any script: use the find change command, it allows you to select all the graphic frames in a document and apply an object style to them.

Edit: Select won't work across multiple pages/spreads. TIL. You'd have to build out the script to perform the other desired actions without select, or use Find/Change as suggested.

app.select(app.activeDocument.rectangles);

....will get you all rectangles. If you want to get only rectangles with images, a bit more complicated. You can try something like: 

...will get the parent frame of all linked items (most of the time, depending on doc setup). It will get Polygons if the image is in a polygon, or rectangle if it's in a rectangl, etc.