Script to align selected objects to artboard

Question

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had a simple solution to aligning selected items to the artboard. I was going to create an action but then realized it would be more convenient for me to include it in my script file....I have a script to align objects with each other but they dont align to the artboard. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Hello volocitygraphics,
here is a quick&dirty solution.
Note that the result may be different, if clipping masks are exists in the document.
Please test it at first on copies of your documents. Use it on your own risk.
// ArtboardCenterAroundSelectedPaths.jsx
// works with CS5
// http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1336506?tstart=0
// (title: script to align selected objects to artboard)
// quick & dirty, all selected items will be centered at the active artboard 
// (include clipping paths  !visible result can be different)
// regards pixxxelschubser  19.Nov. 2013
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var Sel = aDoc.selection;
if (Sel.length >0 ) {
    var abIdx = aDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
    var actAbBds = aDoc.artboards[abIdx].artboardRect;
    var vBounds = Sel[0].visibleBounds;
    vBounds_Li = vBounds[0];
    vBounds_Ob = vBounds[1];
    vBounds_Re = vBounds[2];
    vBounds_Un = vBounds[3];
if (Sel.length >1 ) {   
    for (i=1; i<Sel.length ; i++) {
        vBdsI = Sel[i].visibleBounds;
        if( vBounds_Li > vBdsI[0] ) {vBounds_Li = vBdsI[0]};
        if( vBounds_Ob < vBdsI[1] ) {vBounds_Ob = vBdsI[1]};
        if( vBounds_Re < vBdsI[2] ) {vBounds_Re = vBdsI[2]};
        if( vBounds_Un > vBdsI[3] ) {vBounds_Un = vBdsI[3]};
    aDoc.artboards[abIdx].artboardRect = [vBounds_Li +((vBounds_Re - vBounds_Li)/2-(actAbBds[2]-actAbBds[0])/2), vBounds_Ob -((vBounds_Ob - vBounds_Un)/2+(actAbBds[3]-actAbBds[1])/2), vBounds_Li +((vBounds_Re - vBounds_Li)/2-(actAbBds[2]-actAbBds[0])/2)+(actAbBds[2]-actAbBds[0]), vBounds_Ob -((vBounds_Ob - vBounds_Un)/2+(actAbBds[3]-actAbBds[1])/2)+(actAbBds[3]-actAbBds[1])];
    } else {
        alert ("No selection");
I hope so, the document coordinatesystem is the same as in CS6+
Have fun