Photoshop Script for getting size and position of layers

[Keigan]

Hey,

I looked around on here and couldn't find anything like this, and figured it may help some people.

Maybe there is an easier way, but when I am creating themes I use tons of guides for position and sizing, which I imagine most people do. I also use those to figure my coordinates/size when making my XML file. I manually get the width / height and divide them from the total size, typically 1920 x 1080.

Again, if there is a better way, I was never aware, so I looked into a Photoshop Script that will return your size and coordinates. Then using that script, I altered it a bit to take the values and divide them by the document width and the document height and return as decimal values wrapped in <pos> and <size> tags.

So if you name your layers, and organize your PSD, this makes it a breeze to get the values.

It will take this:

and make this:

Layer 0 <pos>0 0</pos> <size>1 1</size>
BORDER <pos>0.16145833333333 0.15740740740741</pos> <size>0.68177083333333 0.69351851851852</size>
Layer 8 <pos>0.17239583333333 0.26388888888889</pos> <size>0.65520833333333 0.51203703703704</size>
Layer 7 <pos>0.17239583333333 0.26388888888889</pos> <size>0.65520833333333 0.51203703703704</size>
Layer 8 copy 2 <pos>0.17239583333333 0.26388888888889</pos> <size>0.65520833333333 0.51203703703704</size>
TOP BAR <pos>0.1671875 0.16759259259259</pos> <size>0.665625 0.0962962962963</size>
BOTTOM BAR <pos>0.1671875 0.26388888888889</pos> <size>0.665625 0.56851851851852</size>
GAME BAR <pos>0.17239583333333 0.23425925925926</pos> <size>0.65520833333333 0.02407407407407</size>
VIEW <pos>0.7921875 0.24166666666667</pos> <size>0.03020833333333 0.00925925925926</size>
AVATAR <pos>0.80885416666667 0.78981481481481</pos> <size>0.01875 0.03333333333333</size>

I didn't properly set up my files, I was simply seeing if I could get this to work and it worked great.

Here is the code if anyone is interested, hopefully it can help save some time
(I did not write this code, I got it from here: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1064028 and just reworked it a bit to suit my needs)

To run it save as a JS file, and with your PSD files opened, go to

File > Scripts > Browse > [filename].js

#target photoshop
main();
function main(){
if(!documents.length) return;

var myWidth = app.activeDocument.width.toString().replace(' px', '');
var myHeight = app.activeDocument.height.toString().replace(' px', '');

var Info = getNamesPlusIDs();
var Name = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
var path = app.activeDocument.path;
var file = new File(path + "/" + Name + "-coords.txt");
file.open("w", "TEXT", "????");
$.os.search(/windows/i)  != -1 ? file.lineFeed = 'windows'  : file.lineFeed = 'macintosh';
for(var a in Info) file.writeln(Info[a][0] + "  <pos>" + Info[a][1] / myWidth + " " + Info[a][2] / myHeight + "</pos> <size>" + Info[a][3] / myWidth + " " + Info[a][4] / myHeight + "</size>");
file.close();
}
function getNamesPlusIDs(){
  var ref = new ActionReference();
  ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
  var count = executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID('NmbL')) +1;
  var Names=[];
try{
    activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
var i = 0; }catch(e){ var i = 1; };
  for(i;i<count;i++){
      if(i == 0) continue;
        ref = new ActionReference();
        ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( 'Lyr ' ), i );
        var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
        var layerName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID( 'Nm  ' ));
        var Id = desc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID( 'layerID' ));
        if(layerName.match(/^<\/Layer group/) ) continue;
        var vMask = desc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID('hasVectorMask' ));
    try{
      var adjust = typeIDToStringID(desc.getList (stringIDToTypeID('adjustment')).getClass (0));
      if(vMask == true){
          adjust = false;
          var Shape = true;
          }
      }catch(e){var adjust = false; var Shape = false;}
        var layerType = typeIDToStringID(desc.getEnumerationValue( stringIDToTypeID( 'layerSection' )));
        var isLayerSet =( layerType == 'layerSectionContent') ? false:true;
        var Vis = desc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID( 'visible' ));
        var descBounds = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID( "bounds" ));
        var X = descBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('left'));
        var Y = descBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('top'));
        var Wt = descBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('width'));
        var Ht = descBounds.getUnitDoubleValue(stringIDToTypeID('height'));
        if(Vis && !isLayerSet && !adjust) Names.push([[layerName],[X],[Y], [Wt], [Ht]]);
  };
return Names;
};