get position of selected object

[hilukasz]

is there a way to get position of any selected object? It seems like normally you have to dive into specific item like textFrames to get position, but was curious if there was a generic way of doing this for selected objects.

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

if it is one item selected, yes, if more that one, yes also but it needs parsing

alert(app.activeDocument.selection[0].position)

[pixxxelschubser]

Sind mehrere Objekte ausgewählt, dann z.B. so (das Ergebnis wird in Millimeter ausgegeben):

var Sel = app.selection.length
for (i = 0; i < Sel; i++) {
alert("X0 von Objekt " + i + " = " +app.activeDocument.selection.position[0]*0.3527778 + " mm","Links");
alert("Y1 von Objekt " + i + "  = " +app.activeDocument.selection.position[1]*0.3527778 + " mm","Oben");
}

Viel Spass

[hilukasz]

Ok, perfect. I am assuming if you return the object as a collection that the index is based on layer order and not order of selection? I was hoping to set up a script to copy text from one text frame to another, but wasn't sure how to go about controlling which ones recieves the text.

[CarlosCanto]

correct, it is based on stacking order, not selection order.

[Muppet Mark]

The position property is inherited from the pageItem super class… You can also work with pageItems the same as other collections…