Photoshop script to set units to percentage temporarily

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September 24, 2019
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Hello,

I'm relatively new to scripting and have relied heavily on this forum for learning. However, since the redesign all my bookmarks are broken and I have found the search function to be really, really difficult to find anything.

I am trying to find a simple way to change the ruler units to percentage temporarily while I resize an object, then restore the user prefs once I am done resizing the object.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

~ Joe D

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Correct answer Chuck Uebele

Ues this to save the current settings then to change to percent, then to reset:

var oldPref = app.preferences.rulerUnits;//save current units
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PERCENT;
//code here
//reset units
app.preferences.rulerUnits = oldPref;

Chuck Uebele

Correct answer

Community Expert

Ues this to save the current settings then to change to percent, then to reset:

var oldPref = app.preferences.rulerUnits;//save current units
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PERCENT;
//code here
//reset units
app.preferences.rulerUnits = oldPref;