Position on script seems to be off

[OhmsG]

I have the above file and when I run my script.  The text appears all the way to the left.  The rulers show that 0, 0 is supposed to be at the beginning of the document.

This is my code:

var text = doc.textFrames.add();

text.position = [0,0];

text.textRange.size = 60;

text.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = col;

text.contents = "Scripting";

I have also tried

text.top = 0;

text.left = 0;

Neither of these work, the script type is positioned in the same place.  Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

[pixxxelschubser]

Moved from Illustrator to Illustrator Scripting

[Mike_Gondek]

Illustrator has both artboard rulers and global rulers. If one of them was offset you might have this issue

You can also  try posting here, as they are more experienced with scripting.

Illustrator Scripting

[pixxxelschubser]

That sometimes may help. But does not help, if the zero point has changed.

See here:

Change origin of artboard rulers

and

Move RulerOrigin to specific location

Have fun

[OhmsG]

I posted this on one of the links you gave me:

aDoc.rulerOrigin = [0, 0];

aDoc.pageOrigin = [0, 0];

alert(aDoc.rulerOrigin);

alert(aDoc.pageOrigin);

This alerts me of 0,0 as the coordinates for both rulerOrigin and pageOrigin.

However when I go to place something.

like placeFiles.top = 0

placeFiles.left = 0

It places it at the bottom of the page.

[CarlosCanto]

is your script creating a new document? then [0, 0] will be at left/bottom

if the current document wasn't created by the script, then [0, 0] will be at left/top

[renél80416020]

Bonjour OhmsG ,

C'est bien de vouloir comprendre le problème des origines (rulerOrigin, pageOrigin)

Sauf dans des cas spécifiques, il vaut mieux ne pas opérer de modifications dans les scripts,

je te conseille (par expérience) de ne pas trop te préoccuper des origines lors de la rédaction de scripts.

Voici un script qui édite des étiquettes sur une page,

il te suffit de créer un nouveau document (A4, B4 ou B5)

avec 1 ou plusieurs plans de travail (artboard),

modifier manuellement à la volée les origines de règles pour constater que le script fonctionne dans tous les cas,

d'activer un plan de travail si plusieurs,

de lancer le script.

Remarque: on peut utiliser la même méthode pour remplir plusieurs pages.

// JavaScript Document for Illustrator
// elleere Sat, 23 February 2019 20:33:04 GMT
//INIT-----------------
var decX = 100,
    decY = 30,
    gout = 200,
    rangY = 80,
    nbcol = 2,
    nbRang = 8;
//---------------------
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
var Origin = docRef.rulerOrigin;
var hauteur = docRef.height;
var origX = -Origin[0];
var origY = -Origin[1]+hauteur;
var X, Y0, Y, nt;
    X = origX+decX ;
    Y = origY-decY;
    Y0 = Y;
var text = docRef.textFrames.add() ;
    text.textRange.size = 60;
    //text.textRange.characterAttributes.fillColor = col ;
    text.contents = " Script ";
    for (var k = 0; k < nbcol; k++) {
      for (var r = 0; r < nbRang; r++) {
        nt = text.duplicate();
        nt.left = X;
        nt.top = Y;
        Y -= rangY;
      }
     X += gout;
     Y = Y0;
    }
    text.remove();

De elleere LR

[rcraighead]

Have you checked the "Artboard" x,y position? I had an instance where everything looked good in the file, but ".position = [0,0];"m did not work. Opening "Edit Artboard" revealed the Artboard was not aligned to the top, left corner. Fixing that fixed the script.

[renél80416020]

Bonjour rcraighead,

Si c'est à moi que le message est adressé, je ne comprend pas de quoi il s'agit ??

Pour info, il y a deux sortes de règles :

- Du plan de travail en vert

- Globales en noir

A +

LR

[rcraighead]

Sorry, rené. No, it's to "whom it may concern". You are WAY beyond my level. Thanks for all your help here.

I just ran into this situation today and was confused why a selection did not move to "0,0" as expected. Then I found the Artboard was offset. Thought it might apply here.