• Transparency mask not taken into account when using PathItem.translate()???

[dimitri_cas]

Hello -

I won't explain all the "process" or the reason why I'm using a script for this, but…

I made a script to moving a manually saved selection via "PathItem.translate()".

Until now, I though that everything works like a charm.

Until a colleague of mine told me that "transparency mask" where not moved!  Even they where part of the selection.

If I do the operation manually (ie. moving the selection), everything is moving.

When I do it via scripting, well looks like the transparency masks are leaved on their original location. all the rest is moved.

NB. Of course they linked, not "locked", …

The line of code:

…
pgItem.translate( 50, 0 );
…

Any idea why?

Thank you,

- Dimitri

[CarlosCanto]

that's a known issue, check this thread for a solution

Scripts Don't Move Opacity Masks

[dimitri_cas]

Hey Carlos -

Thank you for your answer.

W0W now that's a piece of code just to be able to move an "opacity/transparency mask"  :-0

Do I really have to embed all this code to "force" Illustrator to take into account a small opacity/transparency mask (when I'm scripting)?

Thank you for your upcoming feedback.

Regards,

- Dimitri

[CarlosCanto]

the short answer is yes, you have to use all those lines of code to move small or big opacity masked objects.

[Charu Rajput]

Hi, 

This thread does not link to the solution now. Is it moved or updated?

Thanks

[CarlosCanto]

unfortunately all of the old threads didn't make it to the new forum format. Let me alert employees to try to get it back.

[Charu Rajput]

Yes, that will be great for future reference too and new comers to the forums.

Thanks

[Silly-V]

Yes, we surely wish to ressurect a lot of these useful links. Especially this opacity mask one, a prime example of a post you wish to use as a link because by this time if I had to answer a new question from scratch, I'd need to be paid for the time it would take! 🤑

[Charu Rajput]

Hi,

You are right.

Just a thought, let's create a new post where we can add old broken links so that we have a list (may eb separate for each product or same thread) and alert employees for the same. Because I go through many broken link and it is difficult to remember all. So we all can add all broken links to that posts. 

Thanks