Selecting a Single Anchor Point at the Start of a Script

[BryanPagenkopf]

Sorry to ask but is there a way to automatically select an Anchor Point?  It will always be the Lowest point (and because there will be multiple on that Y-axis) I want the Left most point.

Thank you!

[Silly-V · Accepted solution]

Hello, check this out.

Make sure your art item is wholly selected in the document first - that's how it knows to affect only the points in a group or compound path that is desired among all which could be present in the document at any time.

The underlying assumption is that you may have a line of points at the bottom and at the top - whereby the tolerance is a buffer area which would include the range of points along which some of the x axis would be included - because you will have situations where the bottom most point isn't a leftmost point, etc.

#target illustrator
function test(){
  var tolerance = 10;
  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  var selectedItem = doc.selection[0];
  var bottomMost, thisPoint, thisPathItem;
  var allContainedPoints = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < doc.pathItems.length; i++) {
    thisPathItem = doc.pathItems;
    if(!thisPathItem.selected){
      continue;
    }
    for (var j = 0; j < doc.pathItems.pathPoints.length; j++) {
      thisPoint = doc.pathItems.pathPoints;
      allContainedPoints.push(thisPoint);
    }
  }
  allContainedPoints.sort(function(a,b){
    return a.anchor[1] < b.anchor[1];
  });
  for (var i = 0; i < allContainedPoints.length; i++) {
    thisPoint = allContainedPoints;
    if(i == 0){
      bottomMost = thisPoint.anchor[1];
    } else {
      if(thisPoint.anchor[1] < bottomMost){
        bottomMost = thisPoint.anchor[1];
      }
    }
  }
  doc.selection = null;
  var bottomMostItems = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < allContainedPoints.length; i++) {
    thisPoint = allContainedPoints;
    // $.writeln(thisPoint.anchor[1] + " : " + bottomMost);
    if(thisPoint.anchor[1] + tolerance >= bottomMost && thisPoint.anchor[1] - tolerance <= bottomMost){
      bottomMostItems.push(thisPoint);
    }
  }
  bottomMostItems.sort(function(a,b){
    return a.anchor[0] > b.anchor[0];
  });
  bottomMostItems[0].selected = PathPointSelection.ANCHORPOINT;
};
test();

[Pretend that I am ACP]

I want to divide the text quickly by the space character.

Enthusiastic friends, I have a problem, can you help me write this? Thank you very much.