app.selection[0].selectedPathPoints   is a collection of selected points in a selected path.  This is probably the closest thing to the Direct Selection Tool.      ... View more

I am wondering how you are moving pageItems from one layer to another, but regardless you should be able to delete empty layers at the end.  Like m1b said, deleting items from a collection with forward iteration is problematic because of rearrangement, so you could try backward iteration.    for (var i = app.activeDocument.layers.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) { if (app.activeDocument.layers[i].pageItems.length == 0) { app.activeDocument.layers[i].remove(); } }     ... View more

This will produce a list of the names of your fonts (saved in a text file to your desktop). (Change "Username" in the path in line 5 to your username.)   var list1 = ""; for (var i = 0; i < textFonts.length; i++){ list1 = list1 + "\r" + i + " - " + textFonts[i].name; } var file1 = new File("/C/Users/Username/Desktop/fonts.txt"); file1.open("e"); file1.write(list1); file1.close();     ... View more

Try this:  (It appears the word "path" is reserved or something like that.)   var path1 = app.activeDocument.path; var exportFolder = Folder(path1 + "/yourFolderName"); if (!exportFolder.exists){ exportFolder.create(); } var file = new File(path1 + "/yourFolderName/yourFileName"); var PDF = new PDFSaveOptions; app.activeDocument.saveAs(file, PDF);   ... View more

move(), as I understand it, corresponds to the "Arrange" command in the Object menu.  So, it "moves" a path above or below another path (in the example below, named path1 and path2).   var paths = app.activeDocument.pathItems; paths["path1"].move(paths["path2"], ElementPlacement.PLACEAFTER);   It sounds like what you want is translate(dx, dy), which moves the path by dx and dy distances from the present position.  So   paths["path1"].translate(100, 100);   moves the path 100 points in the positive x direction and 100 points in the positive y direction.   Alternatively, you can assign new values for the position property:   paths["path1"].position = [x, y];   I've not figured out how transform and transformation matrices work.    ... View more

For non-grouped items vs groups: var groupNo = 0; for (var i = 0; i < selection.length; i++) { if (selection[i].typename == "GroupItem") { groupNo = groupNo + 1; } } var nonGroupNo = selection.length - groupNo; alert("Non-grouped items: " + nonGroupNo + "\ Groups: " + groupNo + "\ Non-grouped items + groups: " + selection.length); ... View more

Beginning with definitions (to void miscommunication):    The path doing the masking is called a "clipping path".  The path(s) being masked I will call "masked artwork".  When you create a clipping mask, the "clipping path" and the "masked artwork" become a group, called a "clipping set".    Correct me if I'm wrong, but you want to assign the "clipping set" to a variable, to be able to reference it.  Since a "clipping set" is a group, you can create a group and assign it to a variable before you create a clipping mask and reference the (same) group afterwards.     So   (1) You have "masked artwork" in the background and you create a "clipping path".  var paths = app.activeDocument.pathItems; var maskedArtwork = paths["maskedArtwork"]; var clippingPath = paths.rectangle(-37.5*2.853, 37.5*2.853, 25*2.853, 25*2.853); clippingPath.name = "clippingPath"; clippingPath.fillColor = app.activeDocument.swatches["CMYK Magenta"].color; (2) You create a group, assign it to a variable and move "masked artwork" and the "clipping path" into it.  This will become the "clipping set" when you create a clipping mask.  var clippingSet = app.activeDocument.groupItems.add(); clippingSet.name = "clippingSet"; maskedArtwork.moveToBeginning(clippingSet); clippingPath.moveToBeginning(clippingSet); (3) You create a clipping mask, either by selecting the group and using executeMenuCommand or by setting clipped to true.  clippingSet.selected = true; app.executeMenuCommand("makeMask"); // clippingSet.clipped = true; (4) You can then reference the "clipping set" group by referencing the variable from step 2.  For example, you can rotate the whole group.  clippingSet.rotate(45); (5) Or you can individually reference the "clipping path" or "masked artwork" inside the "clipping set" group.  For example, you can rotate just the "clipping path" or just the "masked artwork".  // clippingSet.pathItems["clippingPath"].rotate(45); // clippingSet.pathItems["maskedArtwork"].rotate(45); Easy peasy.   (By the way, I am a beginner too, but it's a steep learning curve.)   Reprise: var paths = app.activeDocument.pathItems; var maskedArtwork = paths["maskedArtwork"]; var clippingPath = paths.rectangle(-37.5*2.853, 37.5*2.853, 25*2.853, 25*2.853); clippingPath.name = "clippingPath"; clippingPath.fillColor = app.activeDocument.swatches["CMYK Magenta"].color; var clippingSet = app.activeDocument.groupItems.add(); clippingSet.name = "clippingSet"; maskedArtwork.moveToBeginning(clippingSet); clippingPath.moveToBeginning(clippingSet); clippingSet.selected = true; app.executeMenuCommand("makeMask"); // clippingSet.clipped = true; clippingSet.rotate(45); // clippingSet.pathItems["clippingPath"].rotate(45); // clippingSet.pathItems["maskedArtwork"].rotate(45);   ... View more

Try this:   var coordinates = app.activeDocument.selection[0].visibleBounds; var x1 = coordinates[0]; var y1 = coordinates[1]; var x2 = coordinates[2]; var y2 = coordinates[3]; var w = x2 - x1; var h = y1 - y2; var rect = app.activeDocument.pathItems.rectangle(y1, x1, w, h); rect.strokeWidth = 1; rect.filled = false;   ... View more