AdjustLayoutPreference Object Properties Not Working in InDesign 2025 & 2026 Scripts

[Manid@SRMI]

Hi All,

I am using Indesign 2025 and 2026; I would like to enable the "Adjust Layout" option in my documents through the Indesign scripting by using "AdjustLayoutPreference" object properties as in InDesign ExtendScript API, but Indesign throwed error is "Eval Error (#55): "Object does not support the property or method 'adjustLayoutPreferences'".

below is my code:

var myDocument = app.activeDocument;

try {

myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.enableLayoutAdjustment=true;

myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.allowGraphicsToResize=false;

myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.allowRulerGuidesToMove=false;

myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.ignoreObjectOrLayerLocks=true;

myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.ignoreRulerGuideAlignments=true;

myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences.snapZone = 0;

} catch (error) {

myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAutoAdjustMargins=true;

myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAdjustLayout=true;

myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.allowLockedObjectsToAdjust=true;

myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAdjustLayout=true;

}

Could someone please check and suggest, how to resolve this issue?

Regards,

Mani

[leo.r]

For starters, there's no layoutAdjustmentPreferences property, so you can discard that part already:

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#Document.html

I know you're getting the error in the catch part, but I'm not sure yet why.

[Laubender]

Hi @leo.r ,

well, indeed, according to the DOM documentation there are adjustLayoutPreferences:

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign21/#AdjustLayoutPreference.html

To make them work you first have to enable them:

myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.enableAdjustLayout = true;

Perhaps this is working as well:

myDocument.adjustLayoutPreferences.properties =
{
enableAdjustLayout : true,
enableAutoAdjustMargins : true,
allowLockedObjectsToAdjust : true
};

Kind regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[rob day]

Thanks Uwe, I never got past Manid@SRMI ’s myDocument.layoutAdjustmentPreferences, which is not in the API.

[rob day]

Hi Manid@SRMI , Is this an AI generated script? AI likes to make up methods.

Not sure if this helps, but there is an adjustLayout() method which handles some layout adjustments:

var doc = app.activeDocument;
//width and height parameters take points
doc.adjustLayout({width:800, height:800,leftMargin: 20, rightMargin: 20, topMargin: 20, bottomMargin: 20, bleedTop:30, bleedBottom:30, bleedInside:30, bleedOutside:30})

Before and after: