Script location of object

[Matěj5CD8]

Hi, can I write a jsx script, in ExtendScript toolkit, where I can select an object by name and Illustrator writes me his location, x and y values, in a log or popup message? Thanks in advance

[m1b]

Quick answer is something like:

var item = selection[0]; // first item of selection
alert(item.position);

[femkeblanco]

Or do you mean something like this?  (Put your item's name between the quotation marks.)

alert( app.activeDocument.pageItems["your item's name"].position );

[Silly-V]

Here's my version of the same thing.
#target illustrator

function test(){

  var doc = app.activeDocument;

  var item = doc.selection[0];
  alert("X: " + item.top + ", Y: " + item.left);

};

test();

[Charu Rajput · Accepted solution]

Updated version of @Silly-V by accessing the item by name

#target illustrator
function test() {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    try {
        var item = doc.pageItems['item_name']; //item_name is the name of the item that you see in Layers panel
        alert("X: " + item.top + ", Y: " + item.left);
    } catch (e) {
        alert("No item with name 'item_name' exists")
    }
};

test();