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Can't get "true" height of text box (text object) in Photoshop CS4-CS6 on Mac

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April 11, 2013
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I'm seeing this behavior in CS4, CS5 and CS6 on the Mac using AppleScript. When I get the height of a text object layer as such:

tell app "Adobe Photoshop CS4"

tell current document

set textObjectHeight to height of text object of art layer 1

end tell

The value returned doesn't match the height of the text object. In my mind the text object is the box that's displayed when I click on text in a text layer with the text tool active. The value for the width appears to match, just as I'd expect.

I'm trying to get the height and width of the text box (text object) so that I can draw a box "underneath" it on another layer so that one can tell where the text box is. Kind of an FPO-type assistant. I'm currently using the position values and the height and width to create a colored box. I realized that the height isn't exactly right.

Any help would be great appreciated. I've not explored the use of Javascript thus far, but am open to that as a solution.

Thanks,

Stephan

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Michael_L_Hale

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Has your text been transformed/scaled? CS6 reports a different value with transformed text than earlier versions. If so this thread may help but it's in javascript. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1160449?tstart=90

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StephanPetersonAuthor

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No, the text isn't transformed, but I'm not trying to get the height of the text itself. I'm trying to get the height of the text box itself. I've attached a screenshot.

I've included a screenshot that shows the box that was drawn under the text object based on the position, height and width values. As you can see, the box isn't extending as far as it should. Here's that code:

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4"

activate

tell current document

set textObjectPosition to position of text object of art layer 1

set textObjectPositionX to item 1 of textObjectPosition

set textObjectPositionY to item 2 of textObjectPosition

set textObjectWidth to width of text object of art layer 1

set textObjectHeight to height of text object of art layer 1

make art layer at end with properties {name:"fill"}

select region {{textObjectPositionX, textObjectPositionY}, {textObjectPositionX + textObjectWidth, textObjectPositionY}, {textObjectPositionX + textObjectWidth, textObjectPositionY + textObjectHeight}, {textObjectPositionX, textObjectPositionY + textObjectHeight}} without antialiasing

fill selection with contents {class:RGB color, red:255, green:0, blue:0} blend mode normal opacity 100 without preserving transparency

deselect

end tell

The height should be approximately 200 pixels but is reporting at 168ish. The width is obviously fine.

Stephan

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Muppet Mark

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I tried your code and it works just fine here… I used CS5 to try it… Here is a screen shot… I just put a solid fill layer at the bottom so you can see the guides…

Script editor's event log gives me…

tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS5"

activate

get position of text object of art layer 1 of current document

{150.0, 100.0}

get width of text object of art layer 1 of current document

800.0

get height of text object of art layer 1 of current document

449.999969482422

make at end of current document with properties {name:"fill"} new art layer

art layer 2 of document "Untitled-1"

select current document region {{150.0, 100.0}, {950.0, 100.0}, {950.0, 549.999969482422}, {150.0, 549.999969482422}} without antialiasing

current application

fill selection of current document with contents {class:RGB color, red:255, green:0, blue:0} blend mode normal opacity 100 without preserving transparency