Can Illustrator scripts get whether the preference "use preview bounds" is checked or not?

[Aprking]

I am trying to write a script but am unable to find a method to access preference settings. Does anyone know if Illustrator scripts have the ability to determine if the "use preview bounds" preference is checked or not?

If there is no direct method to retrieve it, are there any other ways to determine the state of the preference?

Even if there is no direct way to access the preference value through the scripting objects or methods, I'm wondering if there are any alternative approaches that could be used to programmatically check the state of the "use preview bounds" preference.

[Sergey Osokin · Accepted solution]

alert( app.preferences.getBooleanPreference("includeStrokeInBounds") );

You can also set a Boolean value:

app.preferences.setBooleanPreference('includeStrokeInBounds', true); // or false

[Aprking]

Test successful! Thank you very much, my friend. Here we are again. Your response has been very helpful to me. I want to know where I can get this kind of information.

[Sergey Osokin]

Unfortunately, you won't find any official documentation. The scripting community finds Preferences keys in files such as AIPreferenceKeys.h (Illustrator SDK) and Adobe Illustrator Prefs.

Thanks to @sttk3 , there is now a database of Illustrator App Prefs keys available in Notion: Illustrator Preferences > app.getIntegerPreference | Notion

[Aprking]

@Sergey OsokinThank you for your help once again!