For years I had a default stroke of 0.25 point (black) set and it worked fine. Now, whenever I go to create a new line (I use these for callouts), the settings are correct, however the line path is created but without a color or width assigned to it. Just the "placeholder" is present, which I have to go in and fix Every. Single. Time.
I need to do hundreds of these and I don't know what I messed up (or when), but it's driving me crazy. Any thoughts?
In this top image the supposed-default setting of black/0.25pt is selected.
As soon as I attempt to draw a line with these settings this is what results:
Result: 0 pt line, no stroke color.
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I have applied the script and it does appear to have solved the problem
You can perform the same steps as the script manually. With a document open, make sure there is nothing selected, double click the [Basic Graphics Frame] Object Style, set the dialog’s Fill to [None], the Stroke to [Black], and the Stroke Weight to .25. Click OK and leave the default Object Style as [Basic Graphics Frame]. If necessary clear overrides by Option-clicking the style.
The script does the above with one click
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It is set correctly but still doesn't work.
With no documents open, the stroke panel shows this:
If I create a NEW document it works correctly, but on existing documents it does not work. Obviously something has gotten corrupted in these documents, including the 500MB document I need to work with and revise daily.
If I create a NEW document it works correctly, but on existing documents it does not work.
Unless I'm missing something, that's exactly how it's supposed to work.
If you set a value with no file open, it will apply to a newly created doc. But if you open a previous doc, the value will be reset to whatever value was last set with it open. The solution there is to again set the value with no object selected.
What you are missing is that doing as you suggest (existing document, nothing selected, setting desired values DOES NOT WORK. It used to work but no longer does. I'm not worried about new documents (I rarely create anything new where this is a concern), but the existing document is revised on a daily basis for re-release yearly and absolutely needs this functional.
This is a screen cap of my open document, a blank page, with the STROKE and OBJECT STYLES boxes open. There is nothing on this page, and the hand tool is in use (i.e. to ensure nothing from a different page is selected).
As you can see, the stroke is set correctly and [NONE]+ object style is indicated. Now this happens when I press the backslash key and draw a line (LINE TOOL):
It reverts to 0pt, no stroke with object style set to NONE. I do use object styles in the document, but for most items I will never want that feature enabled. What do I need to set to get my line tool back to normal?
I see the problem, your default Object Style is set to [None], and the [None] OS can’t be edited—its stroke weight is set to 0. You would have to set the default Object Style to something else, then set your default stroke and fill.
The script for that would be this:
var os = app.objectStyles.itemByName("[Basic Graphics Frame]")
os.properties = {strokeWeight: .25, strokeColor:"Black", fillColor:"None"}
app.pageItemDefaults.properties = {appliedGraphicObjectStyle:os};
var d = app.documents;
if (d.length > 0) {
for (var i = 0; i < d.length; i++){
d[i].select(NothingEnum.NOTHING)
d[i].pageItemDefaults.properties = {appliedGraphicObjectStyle:os};
};
}
Here’s a saved .jsx, which you can download and copy into your scripts folder:
https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/3a42d3c5-57f2-4f5c-575b-42a7f6ad7370
Before and after running:
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