The Bounds of the POINTTEXT layer does not contain space characters

The Bounds of the POINTTEXT layer does not contain space characters

My question is how to get the width and height of the text layer including the trailing space？

By @javaer

Spaces do not have a consistent width. Some spaces may be wider while others are narrower.

I was about to suggest a non-breaking space (which has a consistent width), but when I looked it up I found that Photoshop does not support them. Photoshop is primarily an image editor with very limited text controls. You might make a feature request to the product developers if you are not able to use a page layout application for your project.

Although you did not ask, pay attention to the alignment of your numbers, which are all over the place.

Jane

// type layer bounds;
// based on code by michael l hale;
// 2024, use it at your own risk;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var textDesc = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
var theBounds = textDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("bounds"));
var theWidth = Number(theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("right"))) - Number(theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("left")));
var theHeight = Number(theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("bottom"))) - Number(theBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("top")));
var thePoint = textDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("textClickPoint"));
pointH = thePoint.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("horizontal"));
pointV = thePoint.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID("vertical"));
var theBounds = checkDesc2 (theBounds);
alert ("\n\nthe width "+theWidth+"\nthe height "+theHeight+"\n\nbounds\n"+theBounds)
};
////// based on code by michael l hale //////
function checkDesc2 (theDesc, theAlert) {
var c = theDesc.count;
var str = '';
for(var i=0;i<c;i++){ //enumerate descriptor's keys
	str = str + 'Key '+i+' = '+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getKey(i))+': '+theDesc.getType(theDesc.getKey(i))+'\n'+getValues (theDesc, i)+'\n';
	};
if (theAlert == true) {alert("desc\n\n"+str);
return};
return str
};
////// check //////
function getValues (theDesc, theNumber) {
switch (theDesc.getType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))) {
case DescValueType.ALIASTYPE:
return theDesc.getPath(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE:
return theDesc.getBoolean(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.CLASSTYPE:
return theDesc.getClass(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.DOUBLETYPE:
return theDesc.getDouble(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.ENUMERATEDTYPE:
return (typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getEnumerationValue(theDesc.getKey(theNumber)))+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getEnumerationType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))));
break;
case DescValueType.INTEGERTYPE:
return theDesc.getInteger(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.LISTTYPE:
return theDesc.getList(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.OBJECTTYPE:
return (theDesc.getObjectValue(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getObjectType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))));
break;
case DescValueType.RAWTYPE:
return theDesc.getReference(theDesc.getData(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.REFERENCETYPE:
return theDesc.getReference(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.STRINGTYPE:
return theDesc.getString(theDesc.getKey(theNumber));
break;
case DescValueType.UNITDOUBLE:
return (theDesc.getUnitDoubleValue(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))+"_"+typeIDToStringID(theDesc.getUnitDoubleType(theDesc.getKey(theNumber))));
break;
default: 
break;
};
};

Can you provide a sample file (feel free to trash all the other layers)? 

Duplicate the layer.

Convert to paths or rasterize.

Get the layer bounds.

Delete the temporary duped layer.

But this will not help with "white space"... You would need to replace the word spaces with a visible character of the equivalent space. Or perhaps put a pipe character or dot at the end and remove this from the calculation, similar to the X.

Edit: does an underscore or strike through work with the white space?