How to get the text box bounds using java script?

[Micheal-r]

textLayer.bounds returns the bounding box area of text which is based on current text. Instead of current text's bounding box area how to get the size of text box (dotted rectangle area) from script?

[Lumigraphics · Accepted solution]

Have you tried TextItem.height and TextItem.width?

[Micheal-r]

Hi Lumigraphics, Thanks. With TextItem.height and TextItem.width i can able to get the exact width and height of text box. Is there any way to get X and Y of text box? I could not find any document reference except textLayer.bounds.

[Chuck Uebele · Accepted solution]

As Lumigraphics mentioned, textItem.width and textItem.height work, but it displays in whatever you have your type units set to in the preferences, so you will need to convert to pixels, if that's what you want. And if you have your type units set to pixels, it will give a false reading of pixels, if you don't have the document's resolution set to 72ppi.