How to select Objects outside Artboard ?

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October 27, 2022
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Hi!

how can I select all Objects outside the Artboard?

ps: I don't want to delete them, so no "removeArtboardFluff" function, I want to use them...

THX!!

Scripting

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Correct answer femkeblanco

I don't know why it would not work. Try the conventional way. (This presumes one artboard and is for items completely outside the artboard.)

app.selection = null;
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var items = doc.pageItems;
for (var i = items.length - 1; i > -1; i--) {
    var b1 = items[i].geometricBounds;
    var b2 = doc.artboards[0].artboardRect;
    if ((b1[2] < b2[0] || b1[0] > b2[2]) || 
        (b1[3] > b2[1] || b1[1] < b2[3])) {
        items[i].selected = true;
    }
}

femkeblanco

Legend

You could do it the conventional way, by comparing the bounds of items with the bounds of the artboard. A shorter script should be (I cannot test it at present)

app.executeMenuCommand ("selectallinartboard");
app.executeMenuCommand ("Inverse menu item");

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silverserver80Author

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Hello femkeblanko,

using this directly in illustrator, the selection works.

But over my script, t´which is driven by an external script runner, it did not work.

The file gets opened, but nothing gets selected...

thx & kr

femkeblancoCorrect answer

Legend

I don't know why it would not work. Try the conventional way. (This presumes one artboard and is for items completely outside the artboard.)

app.selection = null;
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var items = doc.pageItems;
for (var i = items.length - 1; i > -1; i--) {
    var b1 = items[i].geometricBounds;
    var b2 = doc.artboards[0].artboardRect;
    if ((b1[2] < b2[0] || b1[0] > b2[2]) || 
        (b1[3] > b2[1] || b1[1] < b2[3])) {
        items[i].selected = true;
    }
}