Aligns the selected objects to the objects on the artboards as key objects. Adobe Illustrator script

AlignSelectionToArtboardContents.jsx

/*
  Aligns the selected objects to the objects on the artboards as key objects
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//@target illustrator
preferences.setBooleanPreference('ShowExternalJSXWarning', false); // Fix drag and drop a .jsx file

function main() {
  var SCRIPT = {
        name: 'Align Selection To Artboard Contents',
        version: 'v.0.1'
      },
      CFG = {
        refHint: ['Top Left', 'Top', 'Top Right', 'Left', 'Center', 'Right', 'Bottom Left', 'Bottom', 'Bottom Right'],
        isMac: /mac/i.test($.os),
        uiOpacity: .97 // UI window opacity. Range 0-1
      };

  if (!isCorrectEnv('selection', 'version:16')) return;

  // DIALOG
  var win = new Window('dialog', SCRIPT.name + ' ' + SCRIPT.version);
      win.orientation = 'column';
      win.opacity = CFG.uiOpacity;

  var wrapper = win.add('group');

  // BOUNDS
  var bndsPnl = wrapper.add('panel', undefined, 'Object Dimensions');
      bndsPnl.orientation = 'column';
      bndsPnl.alignChildren = ['left', 'center'];
      bndsPnl.margins = [10, 15, 10, 10];

  var radioBtns = bndsPnl.add('group');

  var geoRb = radioBtns.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'Geometric');
      geoRb.value = true;
  var visRb = radioBtns.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'Visible');

  bndsPnl.add('statictext', undefined, 'The visible bounds of the item\nincluding stroke width and effects', {multiline: true});

  // REFERENCE POINT
  var refPnl = wrapper.add('panel', undefined, 'Align Point');
      refPnl.orientation = 'row';
      refPnl.bounds = [0, 0, 90, 94];

  // Create reference point matrix 3x3
  var refArr = []; // Reference point array
  var idx = 0;
  for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
    for (var j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
      refArr[idx] = addRadiobutton(refPnl, j, i, CFG.refHint[idx]);
      idx++;
    }
  }
  refArr[4].value = true; // 4 - center. Range 0-8

  // ARTBOARDS
  var abPnl = win.add('panel', undefined, 'Artboards');
      abPnl.orientation = 'row';
      abPnl.alignChildren = ['left', 'center'];
      abPnl.preferredSize.width = 320;
      abPnl.margins = [10, 15, 10, 10];

  var actAbRb = abPnl.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'Active Artboard');
      actAbRb.value = true;
  var allAbRb = abPnl.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'All ' + app.activeDocument.artboards.length + ' Artboard(s)');
      allAbRb.value = false;

  // OPTIONS
  var optPnl = win.add('panel', undefined, 'Options');
      optPnl.orientation = 'row';
      optPnl.alignChildren = ['left', 'center'];
      optPnl.preferredSize.width = 320;
      optPnl.margins = [10, 15, 10, 10];

  var isMove = optPnl.add('checkbox', undefined, 'Move in Layers');
      isMove.value = false;
  var isRmv = optPnl.add('checkbox', undefined, 'Remove Target Objects');
      isRmv.value = false;

  // Buttons
  var footer = win.add('group');
      footer.alignment = 'right';

  var copyright = footer.add('statictext', undefined, 'Visit Github'),
      cancel, ok;

  if (CFG.isMac) {
    cancel = footer.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel', { name: 'cancel' });
    ok = footer.add('button', undefined, 'Ok', { name: 'ok' });
  } else {
    ok = footer.add('button', undefined, 'Ok', { name: 'ok' });
    cancel = footer.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel', { name: 'cancel' });
  }

  copyright.addEventListener('mousedown', function () {
    openURL('https://github.com/creold/');
  });

  cancel.onClick = win.close;
  ok.onClick = okClick;

  function okClick() {
    deselectGuides(app.selection);

    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var docSel = get(app.selection);
    var items = get(app.selection);

    var isGBnds = geoRb.value;
    var refName = getPointName();

    if (actAbRb.value) {
      processAb(doc, items, refName, isGBnds, isMove.value, isRmv.value);
    } else {
      for (var i = 0, len = doc.artboards.length; i < len; i++) {
        doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
        processAb(doc, items, refName, isGBnds, isMove.value, isRmv.value);
      }
    }

    app.selection = docSel;
    win.close();
  }

  // Get reference point name by index of active radiobutton
  function getPointName() {
    var str = CFG.refHint[4];
    for (var j = 0; j < refPnl.children.length; j++) {
      if (refPnl.children[j].value) {
        str = CFG.refHint[j];
        break;
      }
    }
    return str.replace(/\s+/g, '').toUpperCase();
  }

  win.center();
  win.show();
}

// Check the script environment
function isCorrectEnv() {
  var args = ['app', 'document'];
  args.push.apply(args, arguments);

  for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
    var arg = args[i].toString().toLowerCase();
    switch (true) {
      case /app/g.test(arg):
        if (!/illustrator/i.test(app.name)) {
          alert('Wrong application\nRun script from Adobe Illustrator', 'Script error');
          return false;
        }
        break;
      case /version/g.test(arg):
        var rqdVers = parseFloat(arg.split(':')[1]);
        if (parseFloat(app.version) < rqdVers) {
          alert('Wrong app version\nSorry, script only works in Illustrator v.' + rqdVers + ' and later', 'Script error');
          return false;
        }
        break;
      case /document/g.test(arg):
        if (!documents.length) {
          alert('No documents\nOpen a document and try again', 'Script error');
          return false;
        }
        break;
      case /selection/g.test(arg):
        if (!selection.length || selection.typename === 'TextRange') {
          alert('Few objects are selected\nPlease, select at least one object and try again', 'Script error');
          return false;
        }
        break;
    }
  }

  return true;
}

// Generate radiobutton
function addRadiobutton(place, x, y, info) {
  var rb = place.add('radiobutton', undefined, x),
      step = 23, x0 = 10, y0 = 15, d = 14;
  x = x0 + step * x;
  y = y0 + step * y;
  rb.bounds = [x, y, x + d, y + d];
  rb.helpTip = info;
  return rb;
}

// Convert collection into standard Array
function get(coll) {
  var out = [];
  for (var i = 0, len = coll.length; i < len; i++) {
    out.push(coll[i]);
  }
  return out;
}

// Get paths from selection
function deselectGuides(arr) {
  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    var item = arr[i];
    if (item.typename === 'GroupItem' && item.pageItems.length) {
      deselectGuides(item.pageItems);
    } else if ((item.hasOwnProperty('guides') && item.guides)
      || (item.typename === 'CompoundPathItem' && item.pathItems.length && item.pathItems[0].guides)) {
      item.selected = false;
    }
  }
}

// Process artboard contents
function processAb(doc, items, refName, isGBnds, isMove, isRemove) {
  app.executeMenuCommand('deselectall');
  doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
  if (!app.selection.length) return;

  var abItems = get(app.selection);
  var type = isGBnds ? 'geometricBounds' : 'visibleBounds';
  var length = Math.min(items.length, abItems.length);

  for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    var abItemBnds = getVisibleBounds(abItems[i], type);
    alignTo(items[i], abItemBnds, refName, isGBnds);
    if (isMove) items[i].move(abItems[i], ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
    if (isRemove) abItems[i].remove();
  }

  // Remove aligned objects
  items.splice(0, length);
}

// Align object to artboard reference point
function alignTo(item, targetBnds, ref, isGBnds) {
  var data = getMoveData(item, targetBnds, isGBnds),
      delta = [];

  switch (ref) {
    case 'TOPLEFT':
      delta = [data.left, data.top];
      break;
    case 'TOP':
      delta = [data.centerX, data.top];
      break;
    case 'TOPRIGHT':
      delta = [data.right, data.top];
      break;
    case 'LEFT':
      delta = [data.left, data.centerY];
      break;
    case 'CENTER':
      delta = [data.centerX, data.centerY];
      break;
    case 'RIGHT':
      delta = [data.right, data.centerY];
      break;
    case 'BOTTOMLEFT':
      delta = [data.left, data.bottom];
      break;
    case 'BOTTOM':
      delta = [data.centerX, data.bottom];
      break;
    case 'BOTTOMRIGHT':
      delta = [data.right, data.bottom];
      break;
    default:
      break;
  }

  item.translate(delta[0], delta[1]);
}

// Get a position relative to the artboard
function getMoveData(item, abBnds, isGBnds) {
  var abW = Math.abs(abBnds[2] - abBnds[0]);
  var abH = Math.abs(abBnds[1] - abBnds[3]);
  var type = isGBnds ? 'geometricBounds' : 'visibleBounds';
  var vBnds, w, h, l, r, t, b, cx, cy;

  if (item.typename === 'GroupItem' || item.typename === 'TextFrame') {
    var dup = item.duplicate();
    app.executeMenuCommand('deselectall');
    app.selection = dup;
    outlineText(dup.pageItems ? dup.pageItems : [dup]);
    dup = app.selection[0];
    vBnds = getVisibleBounds(dup, type);
    app.executeMenuCommand('deselectall');
    dup.remove();
  } else {
    vBnds = getVisibleBounds(item, type);
  }

  w = Math.abs(vBnds[2] - vBnds[0]);
  h = Math.abs(vBnds[3] - vBnds[1]);
  l = abBnds[0] - vBnds[0];
  r = l + abW - w;
  t = abBnds[1] - vBnds[1];
  b = t - abH + h;
  cx = l + (abW - w) / 2;
  cy = t + (h - abH) / 2;

  return {
    left: l,
    top: t,
    right: r,
    bottom: b,
    centerX: cx,
    centerY: cy,
  };
}

// Create outlines
function outlineText(coll) {
  for (var i = coll.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    var item = coll[i];
    if (item.typename === 'TextFrame') {
      item.createOutline();
    } else if (item.typename === 'GroupItem') {
      outlineText(item.pageItems);
    }
  }
}

// Get the actual "visible" bounds
// https://github.com/joshbduncan/illustrator-scripts/blob/main/jsx/DrawVisibleBounds.jsx
function getVisibleBounds(obj, type) {
  if (arguments.length == 1 || type == undefined) type = 'geometricBounds';

  var doc = app.activeDocument;
  var bnds, clippedItem, tmpItem, tmpLayer;
  var curItem;

  if (obj.typename === 'GroupItem') {
    if (obj.clipped) {
      // Check all sub objects to find the clipping path
      for (var i = 0; i < obj.pageItems.length; i++) {
        curItem = obj.pageItems[i];
        if (curItem.clipping) {
          clippedItem = curItem;
          break;
        } else if (curItem.typename === 'CompoundPathItem') {
          if (!curItem.pathItems.length) {
            // Catch compound path items with no pathItems
            // via William Dowling @ github.com/wdjsdev
            tmpLayer = doc.layers.add();
            tmpItem = curItem.duplicate(tmpLayer);
            app.executeMenuCommand('deselectall');
            tmpItem.selected = true;
            app.executeMenuCommand('noCompoundPath');
            tmpLayer.hasSelectedArtwork = true;
            app.executeMenuCommand('group');
            clippedItem = selection[0];
            break;
          } else if (curItem.pathItems[0].clipping) {
            clippedItem = curItem;
            break;
          }
        }
      }
      if (!clippedItem) clippedItem = obj.pageItems[0];
      bnds = clippedItem[type];
      if (tmpLayer) {
        tmpLayer.remove();
        tmpLayer = undefined;
      }
    } else {
      // If the object is not clipped
      var subObjBnds;
      var allBoundPoints = [[], [], [], []];
      // Get the bounds of every object in the group
      for (var i = 0; i < obj.pageItems.length; i++) {
        curItem = obj.pageItems[i];
        subObjBnds = getVisibleBounds(curItem, type);
        allBoundPoints[0].push(subObjBnds[0]);
        allBoundPoints[1].push(subObjBnds[1]);
        allBoundPoints[2].push(subObjBnds[2]);
        allBoundPoints[3].push(subObjBnds[3]);
      }
      // Determine the groups bounds from it sub object bound points
      bnds = [
        Math.min.apply(Math, allBoundPoints[0]),
        Math.max.apply(Math, allBoundPoints[1]),
        Math.max.apply(Math, allBoundPoints[2]),
        Math.min.apply(Math, allBoundPoints[3]),
      ];
    }
  } else {
    bnds = obj[type];
  }

  return bnds;
}

// Open link in browser
function openURL(url) {
  var html = new File(Folder.temp.absoluteURI + '/aisLink.html');
  html.open('w');
  var htmlBody = '<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=' + url + '"></head><body> <p></body></html>';
  html.write(htmlBody);
  html.close();
  html.execute();
}

try {
  main();
} catch (err) {}

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