Moving grid/array of squares all toward center of document??
Hi all.
We're working on a file which consists of a large array of small squares.
Wondering if there is a way to move all the squares toward the center of the document... either a script or just a method.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Best,
Don
Hi Don, I just realized that the first script is only set up to handle 20 rows, so I have amended it to handle 120 rows, hope that should be enough.
function main(){
if(!documents.length) return;
var win = new Window('dialog','Space Layers');
g = win.graphics;
var myBrush = g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0.99, 0.99, 0.99, 1]);
g.backgroundColor = myBrush;
win.p1= win.add("panel", undefined, undefined, {borderStyle:"black"});
win.g1 = win.p1.add('group');
win.g1.orientation = "row";
win.title = win.g1.add('statictext',undefined,'Space Layers');
win.title.alignment="fill";
var g = win.title.graphics;
g.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Georgia","BOLDITALIC",22);
win.g5 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g5.orientation = "row";
win.g5.alignment='fill';
win.g5.spacing=3;
win.g5.st1 = win.g5.add('statictext',undefined,'Horizontal');
win.g5.et1 = win.g5.add('edittext',undefined,'20');
win.g5.et1.preferredSize=[50,20];
win.g5.st1a = win.g5.add('statictext',undefined,'px');
win.g5.st10 = win.g5.add('statictext',undefined,'');
win.g5.st10.preferredSize=[55,20];
win.g5.st2 = win.g5.add('statictext',undefined,'Vertical');
win.g5.et2 = win.g5.add('edittext',undefined,'20');
win.g5.et2.preferredSize=[50,20];
win.g5.st2a = win.g5.add('statictext',undefined,'px');
win.g15 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g15.orientation = "row";
win.g15.alignment='fill';
win.g15.spacing=10;
win.g15.bu1 = win.g15.add('button',undefined,'Space Layers');
win.g15.bu1.preferredSize=[150,30];
win.g15.bu2 = win.g15.add('button',undefined,'Cancel');
win.g15.bu2.preferredSize=[150,30];
if(version.substr(0,version.indexOf('.'))<10){
alert("Sorry this script is only valid for Photoshop CS3 or higher");
return;
win.g5.et1.onChanging = function() {
if (this.text.match(/[^\-\.\d]/)) {
this.text = this.text.replace(/[^\-\.\d]/g, '');
win.g5.et2.onChanging = function() {
if (this.text.match(/[^\-\.\d]/)) {
this.text = this.text.replace(/[^\-\.\d]/g, '');
win.g15.bu1.onClick=function(){
if(win.g5.et1.text== ''){
alert("No horizontal pixels entered");
return;
if(win.g5.et2.text== ''){
alert("No vertical pixels entered");
return;
win.close(1);
spaceMasks(Number(win.g5.et1.text),Number(win.g5.et2.text))
win.center();
win.show()
function spaceMasks(spacingA,spacingD){
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;
var selectedLayers = getSelectedLayersIdx();
if(selectedLayers.length <2){
alert("Not enough layers selected!");
return;
var boundsList=[];
var tempbnds=[];
showFX(false);
for(var a=0;a<selectedLayers.length;a++){
var LB =getLayerBoundsByIndex(selectedLayers[a] );
boundsList.push([[selectedLayers[a]],[LB[0]],[LB[1]],[LB[2]],[LB[3]]]);
tempbnds=[];
showFX(true);
boundsList.sort(function(a,b){return a[2]-b[2];});
var row1=[]; var row2=[]; var row3=[]; var row4=[]; var row5=[];
var row6=[]; var row7=[]; var row8=[]; var row9=[]; var row10=[];
var row11=[]; var row12=[]; var row13=[]; var row14=[]; var row15=[];
var row16=[]; var row17=[]; var row18=[]; var row19=[]; var row20=[];
var row21=[]; var row22=[]; var row23=[]; var row24=[]; var row25=[];
var row26=[]; var row27=[]; var row28=[]; var row29=[]; var row30=[];
var row31=[]; var row32=[]; var row33=[]; var row34=[]; var row35=[];
var row36=[]; var row37=[]; var row38=[]; var row39=[]; var row40=[];
var row41=[]; var row42=[]; var row43=[]; var row44=[]; var row45=[];
var row46=[]; var row47=[]; var row48=[]; var row49=[]; var row50=[];
var row51=[]; var row52=[]; var row53=[]; var row54=[]; var row55=[];
var row56=[]; var row57=[]; var row58=[]; var row59=[]; var row60=[];
var row61=[]; var row62=[]; var row63=[]; var row64=[]; var row65=[];
var row66=[]; var row67=[]; var row68=[]; var row69=[]; var row70=[];
var row71=[]; var row72=[]; var row73=[]; var row74=[]; var row75=[];
var row76=[]; var row77=[]; var row78=[]; var row79=[]; var row80=[];
var row81=[]; var row82=[]; var row83=[]; var row84=[]; var row85=[];
var row86=[]; var row87=[]; var row88=[]; var row89=[]; var row90=[];
var row91=[]; var row92=[]; var row93=[]; var row94=[]; var row95=[];
var row96=[]; var row97=[]; var row98=[]; var row99=[]; var row100=[];
var row101=[]; var row102=[]; var row103=[]; var row104=[]; var row105=[];
var row106=[]; var row107=[]; var row108=[]; var row109=[]; var row110=[];
var row111=[]; var row112=[]; var row113=[]; var row114=[]; var row115=[];
var row116=[]; var row117=[]; var row118=[]; var row119=[]; var row120=[];
var arrayNumber =1;
var TOP =Number(boundsList[0][2]);
for(var f =0;f<boundsList.length;f++){
if(TOP > (boundsList[f][2]-50) && boundsList[f][2] < (boundsList[f][2]+50)){
eval("row" +arrayNumber).push(boundsList[f]);
}else{
TOP =Number(boundsList[f][2]);
arrayNumber++;
eval("row" +arrayNumber).push(boundsList[f]);
for(var d=0;d<arrayNumber;d++){
eval("row" +(d+1)).sort(function(a,b){return a[1]-b[1];});
if((row1.length*arrayNumber) != boundsList.length){
alert("Unable to distribute this selection of layers!");
return;
for(var l=0;l<arrayNumber;l++){
var leftAnchor =Number(eval("row"+(l+1))[0][3]);
for(var a = 1;a<eval("row"+(l+1)).length;a++){
makeActiveByIndex(Number(eval("row"+(l+1))[a][0]),false);
var Width = Number(eval("row"+(l+1))[a][3]) - Number(eval("row"+(l+1))[a][1]);
var shiftPixels = (leftAnchor+spacingA) - Number(eval("row"+(l+1))[a][1]);
activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(shiftPixels,0);
leftAnchor +=(Width+spacingA);
for(var l=0;l<row1.length;l++){
var topAnchor =Number(row1[l][4]);
for(var a = 1;a<arrayNumber;a++){
makeActiveByIndex(Number(eval("row"+(a+1))[l][0]),false);
var Height = Number(eval("row"+(a+1))[l][4]) - Number(eval("row"+(a+1))[l][2]);
var shiftPixels = (topAnchor+spacingD) - Number(eval("row"+(a+1))[l][2]);
activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(0,shiftPixels);
topAnchor +=(Height+spacingD);
for(var a in selectedLayers){
makeActiveByIndex(Number(selectedLayers[a]),false,true);
app.preferences.rulerUnits = startRulerUnits;
main();
function selectLayerByIdx(idx, add) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), idx);
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID('null'), ref);
if(add) desc.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifier'), stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifierType'), stringIDToTypeID('addToSelection'));
desc.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('MkVs'), false);
executeAction(charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO);
function makeActiveByIndex( idx, visible,add ){
if(add == undefined) add=false;
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), idx)
desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), ref );
if(add) desc.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifier'), stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifierType'), stringIDToTypeID('addToSelection'));
desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" ), visible );
executeAction( charIDToTypeID( "slct" ), desc, DialogModes.NO );
function getSelectedLayersIdx(){
var selectedLayers = new Array;
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
if( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ) ) ){
desc = desc.getList( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ));
var c = desc.count
var selectedLayers = new Array();
for(var i=0;i<c;i++){
try{
activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
selectedLayers.push( desc.getReference( i ).getIndex() );
}catch(e){
selectedLayers.push( desc.getReference( i ).getIndex()+1 );
}else{
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ));
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
try{
activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ))-1);
}catch(e){
selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" )));
return selectedLayers;
function getLayerBoundsByIndex( idx ) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , stringIDToTypeID( "bounds" ));
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), idx );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID( "bounds" ));
var bounds = [];
bounds.push(desc.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('left')));
bounds.push(desc.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('top')));
bounds.push(desc.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('right')));
bounds.push(desc.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('bottom')));
return bounds;
function showFX(FX) {
var desc48 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref34 = new ActionReference();
ref34.putProperty( charIDToTypeID('Prpr'), charIDToTypeID('lfxv') );
ref34.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
desc48.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref34 );
var desc49 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc49.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('lfxv'), FX );
desc48.putObject( charIDToTypeID('T '), charIDToTypeID('lfxv'), desc49 );
try{
executeAction( charIDToTypeID('setd'), desc48, DialogModes.NO );
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