fit frame to text automatically with AppleScript

[marcZ89]

Hi!

I have a script that replace text frame content with new text, however sometimes, the text is longer than the text frame causing the text to be hidden.

I saw that there is something like this for InDesign, but this doesn't work for Illustrator:

  tell textFrame to fit given frame to content

  end tell

Is there something similar available for Illustrator on AppleScript?

Note: I also saw the option with: Type > Area Type Options > Auto Size

Thanks!

[hhas01]

In JavaScript, but could be ported to AppleScript:

fit frame to text (free script)

[marcZ89]

Hi!

I've tried but when expanding the height of my text frame, its expanding the text as well.. Not sure why, even when I reset the text font and size..

It looks like its corresponding to the action of when you expand manually the text box on illustrator but it expands the text as well (text being higher.. or larger if you expand the width). And to expand just the text box without expanding the text, you have to double click again on the text box. I don't know if you see what I mean..

What I tried is: (textFrame being the current textFrame)

    set CH to the height of textFrame

    set height of textFrame to CH * 1.5

[hhas01 · Accepted solution]

set height of text path of textFrame to CH * 1.5

[marcZ89]

Exactly what I needed! Thanks!

Now, I'll try to adapt the javascript code

[marcZ89]

Do you know how to get the number of lines in the text box? I saw the row count property in the applescript library, but I can't get it to work.

[marcZ89]

Just found out:

     set number_of_lines to count every line of textFrame