PageItem

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index]

Description

Any art item. Every art item and group in a document is a page item. You may refer to a page item as an element of a document, layer, or group item.

The PageItem class gives you complete access to every art item contained in an Illustrator document. The PageItem class is the superclass of all artwork objects in a document. The CompoundPathItem, GroupItem, MeshItem, PathItem, PlacedItem, PluginItem, RasterItem, and TextFrameItem classes each inherit a set of properties from the PageItem class.

You cannot create a PageItem directly, you must create one of the specific PageItem subclasses, such as PathItem.

Properties

PageItem.artworkKnockout

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].artworkKnockout

Description

Is this object used to create a knockout.

Type

KnockoutState

PageItem.blendingMode

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].blendingMode

Description

The mode to use when compositing this object. An object is considered composited when its opacity is set to less than 100.0 (100%).

Type

BlendModes

PageItem.controlBounds

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].controlBounds

Description

The bounds of the object including stroke width and controls.

Type

Rect; read-only.

PageItem.editable

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].editable

Description

If true, this page item is editable.

Type

Boolean; read-only.

PageItem.geometricBounds

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].geometricBounds

Description

The object’s bounds excluding the stroke width.

Type

Array of 4 numbers; read-only.

PageItem.height

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].height

Description

The height of the page item, calculated from the geometric bounds.

Range: 0.0 to 16348.0.

Type

Number (double).

PageItem.hidden

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].hidden

Description

If true, this page item is hidden.

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.isIsolated

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].isIsolated

Description

If true, this object is isolated.

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.layer

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].layer

Description

The layer to which this page item belongs.

Type

Layer; read-only.

PageItem.left

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].left

Description

The left position of the art item.

Type

Number (double).

PageItem.locked

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].locked

Description

If true, this page item is locked.

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.name

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].name

Description

The name of this page item.

Type

String.

PageItem.note

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].note

Description

The note assigned to this item.

Type

String.

PageItem.opacity

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].opacity

Description

The opacity of this object, where 100.0 is completely opaque and 0.0 is completely transparent.

Type

Number (double).

PageItem.parent

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].parent

Description

The parent of this object.

Type

Object; read-only.

PageItem.pixelAligned

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].pixelAligned

Description

True if this item is aligned to the pixel grid.

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.position

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].position

Description

The position (in points) of the top left corner of the item in the format {x, y}. Does not include stroke weight.

Type

Array of 2 numbers.

PageItem.selected

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].selected

Description

If true, this object is selected.

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.sliced

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].sliced

Description

If true, preserve slices.

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.tags

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].tags

Description

The collection of tags associated with this page item.

Type

PageItem.top

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].top

Description

The top position of the art item.

Type

Number (double).

PageItem.typename

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].typename

Description

The class name of the object.

Type

String; read-only.

PageItem.uRL

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].uRL

Description

The value of the Adobe URL tag assigned to this page item.

Type

String.

PageItem.uuid

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].uuid

Description

The unique identifier for this pageItem

Type

String; read-only.

PageItem.visibilityVariable

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].visibilityVariable

Description

The visibility variable to which this page item path is bound.

Type

Variable

PageItem.visibleBounds

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].visibleBounds

Description

The object’s visible bounds, including stroke width of any objects in the illustration.

Type

Array of 4 numbers; read-only.

PageItem.width

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].width

Description

The width of the page item, calculated from the geometric bounds.

Range: 0.0 to 16348.0.

Type

Number (double).

PageItem.wrapInside

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].wrapInside

Description

If true, the text frame object should be wrapped inside this object.

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.wrapOffset

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].wrapOffset

Description

The offset to use when wrapping text around this object.

Type

Number (double).

PageItem.wrapped

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].wrapped

Description

If true, wrap text frame objects around this object (text frame must be above the object).

Type

Boolean.

PageItem.zOrderPosition

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].zOrderPosition

Description

The drawing order of the art within its group or layer.

Type

Number (long); read-only.

Methods

PageItem.bringInPerspective()

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].bringInPerspective(posX, posY, perspectiveGridPlane)

Description

Places art object(s) in a perspective grid at a specified position and grid plane.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`posX`	Number	X position to place art at
`posY`	Number	Y position to place art at
`perspectiveGridPlane`	PerspectiveGridPlaneType	Perspective grid plane type to use

Returns

Returns.

PageItem.resize()

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].resize(
    scaleX,
    scaleY
    [,changePositions]
    [,changeFillPatterns]
    [,changeFillGradients]
    [,changeStrokePattern]
    [,changeLineWidths]
    [,scaleAbout]
)

Description

Scales the art item where scaleX is the horizontal scaling factor and scaleY is the vertical scaling factor. 100.0 = 100%.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`scaleX`	Number (double)	Horizontal scaling factor
`scaleY`	Number (double)	Vertical scaling factor
`changePositions`	Boolean, optional	Whether to effect art object positions and orientations
`changeFillPatterns`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform fill patterns
`changeFillGradients`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform fill gradients
`changeStrokePattern`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform stroke patterns
`changeLineWidths`	Number (double), optional	The amount to scale line widths
`scaleAbout`	Transformation, optional	The point to use as anchor, to transform about

Returns

Nothing.

PageItem.rotate()

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].rotate(
    angle
    [,changePositions]
    [,changeFillPatterns]
    [,changeFillGradients]
    [,changeStrokePattern]
    [,rotateAbout]
)

Description

Rotates the art item relative to the current rotation. The object is rotated counter-clockwise if the angle value is positive, clockwise if the value is negative.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`angle`	Number (double)	The angle amount to rotate the element
`changePositions`	Boolean, optional	Whether to effect art object positions and orientations
`changeFillPatterns`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform fill patterns
`changeFillGradients`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform fill gradients
`changeStrokePattern`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform stroke patterns
`rotateAbout`	Transformation, optional	The point to use as anchor, to transform about

Returns

Nothing.

PageItem.transform()

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].transform(
    transformationMatrix
    [,changePositions]
    [,changeFillPatterns]
    [,changeFillGradients]
    [,changeStrokePattern]
    [,changeLineWidths]
    [,transformAbout]
)

Description

Transforms the art item by applying a transformation matrix.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`transformationMatrix`	Matrix	Transformation matrix to apply
`changePositions`	Boolean, optional	Whether to change Positions
`changeFillPatterns`	Boolean, optional	Whether to change Fill Patterns
`changeFillGradients`	Boolean, optional	Whether to change Fill Gradients
`changeStrokePattern`	Boolean, optional	Whether to change Stroke Pattern
`changeLineWidths`	Number (double), optional	The amount to scale line widths
`transformAbout`	Transformation, optional	The point to use as anchor, to transform about

Returns

Nothing.

PageItem.translate()

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].translate(
    deltaX
    [,deltaY]
    [,transformObjects]
    [,transformFillPatterns]
    [,transformFillGradients]
    [,transformStrokePatterns]
)

Description

Repositions the art item relative to the current position, where deltaX is the horizontal offset and deltaY is the vertical offset.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`deltaX`	Number (double), optional	Horizontal offset
`deltaY`	Number (double), optional	Vertical offset
`transformObjects`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform Objects
`transformFillPatterns`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform Fill Patterns
`transformFillGradients`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform Fill Gradients
`transformStrokePatterns`	Boolean, optional	Whether to transform Stroke Patterns

Returns

Nothing.

PageItem.zOrder()

app.activeDocument.pageItems[index].zOrder(zOrderCmd)

Description

Arranges the art item’s position in the stacking order of the group or layer (parent) of this object.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`zOrderCmd`	ZOrderMethod	Stacking order arrangement method

Returns

Nothing.