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Ghoul Fool
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February 5, 2025
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Pan to selection script

  • February 5, 2025
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Just want to check with fellow scripters than panning (as in using the hand tool) to move around a zoomed in large image is NOT possible with scripting? 

 

I want to zoom in on a large image and then be able to pan to a selection  - but I don't think there is anything that can help me on this one. Even the navigator doesn't highlight selections.

 

So go from :

 

to 

Using a zoomed in version of the Mona Lisa an an example

 

Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

The code in the linked thread should preset a dialog for numeric entry but you should be able to use other input (like the active layer’s bounds/center). 

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 5, 2025

The code in the linked thread should preset a dialog for numeric entry but you should be able to use other input (like the active layer’s bounds/center). 

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    Ghoul FoolAuthor
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    February 5, 2025

    Oooh! Things. Just. Got. Interesting.

      Stephen Marsh
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      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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      February 5, 2025

      @Ghoul Fool 

       

      So you are already viewing one area of the image, say the upper left at a given zoom level, and there is a selection elsewhere in the image that you wish to zoom to?

       

      If so, this can be hacked by making a new layer with content, such as filling the selection or creating a fill layer with the selection active and then View > Fit Layer(s) on Screen:

       

      app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID('fitLayersOnScreen'));

       

      You could then add a zoom out as required:

       

      app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID('zoomOut'));

       

      And delete the new active layer as it has served its purpose.

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        Ghoul FoolAuthor
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        February 5, 2025

        Stephen, that's simple and elegant!

        ...but I'm trying to avoid any zooming/changing magnification levels.

          Stephen Marsh
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          Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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          February 5, 2025
          quote

          Stephen, that's simple and elegant!

          ...but I'm trying to avoid any zooming/changing magnification levels.


          By @Ghoul Fool


          Hah, I'd forgotten about that discussion!

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