sel[j].parentPage;.marginPreferences.bottom;
will cause an error.
if ((sel[j].parentPage == null && b[3] < 0) || ([1] < 0 && b[3] > 0 && b[3] < cp[0])) {
app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN;
sel[j].geometricBounds = [b[0], 0 - 20, b[2], b[3] - b[1] + 20];
}
if ((sel[j].parentPage == null) && (b[1] > 0)) {
app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN;
sel[j].geometricBounds = [b[0], 0 - 20, b[2], b[3] - b[1] - 20];
}
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@dublove the challenge here—as Brian alluded—is that you are trying to get the page of an item that has no page. So we need to get the nearest page to the item. I've written a function to do that, and a little example script to show it.
- Mark
/**
* @file Position Item On Nearest Page.js
*
* @author m1b
* @version 2025-08-02
* @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/special-case-geometricbounds-positioning-cannot-be-used-when-text-boxes-extend-beyond-bleed/m-p/1544
Hi @dublove all this talk of "jumping"... you must read what my example is trying to do. That first example always moves the item to the bottom left margins. It was just an example—you can code it to move where you want it.
For example, the following code ensures that the selected item is within the page margins, and it will move the item only the minimum distance required to achieve that. Again, remember these are just examples. You must adjust them the way you want.
By the way, I would avo
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It only applies to situations outside the left page.
Hi @dublove , If you can’t get @m1b code to work try this—it gets the selection’s parent which is a spread and is not null. Note that a spread could have up to 10 pages, so this moves the object to the spread’s closest outside page:
var d = app.activeDocument;
//set the document’s ruler origin to spread and zero point to 0
d.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.SPREAD_ORIGIN;
d.zeroPoint = [0, 0];
//The first item in the selection
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It only applies to situations outside the left page.
Hi @dublove , If you can’t get @m1b code to work try this—it gets the selection’s parent which is a spread and is not null. Note that a spread could have up to 10 pages, so this moves the object to the spread’s closest outside page:
var d = app.activeDocument;
//set the document’s ruler origin to spread and zero point to 0
d.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.SPREAD_ORIGIN;
d.zeroPoint = [0, 0];
//The first item in the selection
var sel = d.selection[0];
//make sure there is a selection that has bounds
if (sel == undefined || !sel.hasOwnProperty("geometricBounds")) {
alert("No Text Frame Selected")
} else {
//if the selection is not on a page move it
if (sel.parentPage == null ) {
var mp = movePBSel(sel)
alert("Moved to page: " + mp.name)
}
}
/**
* Move a pasteboard selection
* @ param the selection to move
* @ return the parent page after the move
*/
function movePBSel(s){
//the selection’s parent is a spread even if it is off the page
var pp = s.parent.pages
//move to the nearest page’s top, left margin
if (pp.length == 1) {
s.move([ pp[0].marginPreferences.left, pp[0].marginPreferences.top ] );
} else {
//a selection on the pasteboard to the left or right of the spread
if (s.geometricBounds[3] < 0) {
s.move([pp[0].marginPreferences.left, pp[0].marginPreferences.top ]);
} else {
var px = pp[pp.length-1].bounds[1]
s.move([ px+pp[0].marginPreferences.left , pp[0].marginPreferences.top ] );
}
}
return s.parentPage
}
Selection on the pasteboard to the left of a sprread:
Selection on the pasteboard to the right of a sprread:
You have to be careful with the side property. Most of the time it would work, but a document could have facing pages unchecked and still have multi page spreads. In this case all the pages return as SINGLE_SIDED:
var p = app.activeDocument.pages[1]
alert("Page 2 Side is: " + p.side.toString())
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