Adobe InDesign script for extracting object coordinates

indesignCoordinatesExtraction.jsx

// Load the required libraries
#target "InDesign"
#targetengine "session"

// Create a new panel
var myPanel = new Window("palette", "Coordinates Extraction", undefined);

// Add content to the panel
var label = myPanel.add("statictext", undefined, "Coordinates:");
label.alignment = "left";

var coordinatesTextBox = myPanel.add("edittext", undefined, "", {
  readonly: true,
});
coordinatesTextBox.alignment = "fill";

var offsetGroup = myPanel.add("group");
var offsetXLabel = offsetGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Offset X:");
var offsetXInput = offsetGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "0");
offsetXInput.characters = 6;
var offsetYLabel = offsetGroup.add("statictext", undefined, "Offset Y:");
var offsetYInput = offsetGroup.add("edittext", undefined, "0");
offsetYInput.characters = 6;

// Set the event listeners for updating the coordinates
offsetXInput.onChanging = updateCoordinates;
offsetYInput.onChanging = updateCoordinates;

// Function to update the coordinates
function updateCoordinates(event) {
  // Get the active document
  var doc = app.activeDocument;

  // Check if an object is selected
  if (doc.selection.length === 1) {
    var selectedObject = doc.selection[0];

    // Check if the selected object has geometric bounds property
    if (selectedObject.hasOwnProperty("geometricBounds")) {
      // Get the top-left and bottom-right coordinates
      var x1 = roundToThreeDecimals(selectedObject.geometricBounds[1] + parseFloat(offsetXInput.text));
      var y1 = roundToThreeDecimals(selectedObject.geometricBounds[0] + parseFloat(offsetYInput.text));
      var x2 = roundToThreeDecimals(selectedObject.geometricBounds[3] + parseFloat(offsetXInput.text));
      var y2 = roundToThreeDecimals(selectedObject.geometricBounds[2] + parseFloat(offsetYInput.text));

      // Format the coordinates
      var coordinates = x1 + " " + y1 + " " + x2 + " " + y2;

      // Update the text box with the coordinates
      coordinatesTextBox.text = coordinates;
    } else {
      // Display "No object with geometric bounds" if the selected object doesn't have geometric bounds
      coordinatesTextBox.text = "No object with geometric bounds";
    }
  } else {
    // Display "No objects selected" if no object is selected
    coordinatesTextBox.text = "No objects selected";
  }
}

// Function to round a number to three decimal places
function roundToThreeDecimals(number) {
  return parseFloat(number.toFixed(3));
}

// Function to handle the object click event
function objectClickEventHandler(event) {
  // Update the coordinates when an object is clicked
  updateCoordinates();
}

// Add the object click event listener to the active document
app.activeDocument.addEventListener("afterSelectionAttributeChanged", objectClickEventHandler);
app.activeDocument.addEventListener("afterSelectionChanged", objectClickEventHandler);

// Update coordinates on startup
updateCoordinates();

// Add a manual refresh button
var refreshButton = myPanel.add("button", undefined, "Refresh");
refreshButton.alignment = "left";
refreshButton.onClick = updateCoordinates;

// Show the panel
myPanel.show();

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