Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS 2.0 - SCRIPTING GUIDE Manual page 59

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Scripting Guide
JS
if (newLayerRef.kind == LayerKind.TEXT)
Adding and Manipulating Text in a Text Item Object
The following examples add and right-justify text in a text layer.
AS
set contents of text object of art layer "my text" to "Hello, World!"
set justification of text object of art layer "my text" of ¬
current document to right
VBS
Set textItemRef = artLayers("my text").TextItem
textItemRef.Contents = "Hello, World!"
docRef.ArtLayers("my text").TextItemRef.Justification = 3
'3 = psRight (for the constant value psJustification)
JS
var textItemRef = artLayers["my text"].textItem
textItemRef.contents = "Hello, World!"
docRef.artLayers["my text"].textItemRef.justification =
Justification.RIGHT
Note:
The
/psPointText/TextType.POINTTEXT
text/psParagraphText/TextType.PARAGRAPHTEXT
property is automatically set to
The
property is set to
To familiarize yourself with this objects, properties, and commands/methods in the scripting references,
do the following:
In the Adobe Photoshop CS2 AppleScript Scripting Reference, look up the
●
properties and methods.
In the Adobe Photoshop CS2 Visual Basic Scripting Reference and the Adobe Photoshop CS2 JavaScript
●
Scripting Reference, look up the
and methods you can use with a text layer, look up the
Working with Selection Objects
You create a
document or a layer within a document. For example, you can apply effects to a selection or copy the
current selection to the clipboard.
The
Selection
In the Adobe Photoshop CS2 AppleScript Scripting Reference, look up
●
Also, look up the
selection-object
object has a
text item
properties
text item height, width
paragraph text.
object to allow your scripts to act only on a specific, selected section of your
Selection
object is a property of the
property of the
selection
.
Photoshop CS2
property, which can be set to either
kind
/ or
paragraph
.
point text
and
leading
property of the
TextItem
object. Look up the following for more information:
Document
Class Document
Scripting Photoshop CS2
point text
. When a new
text item
are valid only when the text item's
Class text-object
object. To find the properties
ArtLayer
object.
TextItem
in the "Commands" chapter.
select
object and the
Class
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is created, its
kind
kind