Align Script

[dsomrz]

Trying to develop a script that will align an object horizontally center and vertically to bottom.

This is what I have but can't get it to align to the bottom

tell application "Adobe InDesign 2025"

                set selList to selection --assumes more than one item selected

                tell document 1

                                align align distribute items selList align option horizontal centers

                                align align distribute items selList align option vertical centers

                end tell

end tell

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[leo.r]

have you tried bottom edges?

[Eugene Tyson]

tell application "Adobe InDesign 2025"
    set selList to selection -- assumes items are selected
    tell document 1
        -- Align horizontally to center
        align align distribute items selList align option horizontal centers

        -- Align vertically to bottom
        align align distribute items selList align option bottom edges
    end tell
end tell

as per @leo.r 

[dsomrz]

Thank you. I got this from someone. it aligns the image to the page centered horizontally and vertically .1875" from the bottom of the page.

// Align a page item relative to the page

(function () {

var frame = app.selection[0];

var pb = frame.parentPage.bounds;

var pageVCentre = pb[2]/2;

var pageHCentre = pb[3]/2;

var gb = frame.geometricBounds;

var frameVCentre = gb[0] + ((gb[2]-gb[0])/2);

var frameHCentre = gb[1] + ((gb[3]-gb[1])/2);

var frameBottom = gb[2];

frame.move (undefined, [

pageHCentre - frameHCentre, // x-move

//pageVCentre - frameVCentre  // y-move, frame bottom to page centre

//pageVCentre - frameBottom   // y-move, frame bottom to page centre

pb[2] - frameBottom - 0.1875   // y-move, frame bottom to page bottom

]);

}());