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Script to Match Object Sizes and Align Captions in InDesign

Advocate ,
Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

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Can there be a script that makes object A the same size as object B?


Here are two scenarios:
The first, being a graphical object, lets A be equal in size to the target B.
The second, if A is a picture and B is its caption, let B and A have two widths.


The second is the most desirable, because very often the caption needs to be re-widened after the picture size is changed. It's a pain in the ass when you have a lot of them.
If you choose an image and a static caption, you can have the caption quickly aligned to the image, including position and width. It would save a lot of work.

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Guide , Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024
var myGraphicFrame = app.selection[0];
var myTextFrame = app.selection[1];
myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [ myGraphicFrame.geometricBounds[2], myGraphicFrame.geometricBounds[1], myTextFrame.geometricBounds[2], myGraphicFrame.geometricBounds[3] ];

 

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Community Expert , Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024

 

myTextFrame.geometricBounds = [ myGraphicFrame.geometricBounds[2], myGraphicFrame.geometricBounds[1], myGraphicFrame.geometricBounds[2]+(myTextFrame.geometricBounds[2] -myTextFrame.geometricBounds[0]), myGraphicFrame.geometricBounds[3] ];

 

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Guide , Nov 02, 2024 Nov 02, 2024

Take this one:

 

/*
    _FRIdNGE-0766_ImageCaptionAlignment.jsx
    Script written by FRIdNGE, Michel Allio [02/11/2024]
*/

app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.FAST_ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Image And Caption Alignment');

function main() {

    var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
    var myRulerOrigin = myDoc.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin;

    if ( app.selection.length != 2 ) {

        alert( "Select 2 items!")
        exit();
        
    } else {

        if ( app.selection[0]
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Guide ,
Nov 02, 2024 Nov 02, 2024

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Thé script checks itself the type of frame. So no need.

 

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Nov 02, 2024 Nov 02, 2024

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How to make the error box disappear automatically after 1 second.

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