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Crop without deleting cropped pixels? - Photoshop ExtendScript

When you use the crop tool there is a check box labeled, "Delete Cropped Pixels."

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If you script a crop, it deletes cropped pixels. How do you disable it?

I would have expected a boolean argument but that isn't the case: enter image description here

Solution

  • Here's an example of the ScriptingListener code wrapped in a function with the option for Delete Cropped Pixels:

    crop({
  left: 100,
  top: 100,
  right: 300,
  bottom: 300,
  deleteCropped: false
});

function crop(data)
{
  if (data.deleteCropped == undefined) data.deleteCropped = true; // default value

  var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
  var descRectangle = new ActionDescriptor();
  descRectangle.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID('Top '), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), data.top);
  descRectangle.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID('Left'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), data.left);
  descRectangle.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID('Btom'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), data.bottom);
  descRectangle.putUnitDouble(charIDToTypeID('Rght'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), data.right);
  desc.putObject(charIDToTypeID('T   '), charIDToTypeID('Rctn'), descRectangle);
  desc.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Angl'), charIDToTypeID('#Ang'), 0.000000 );
  desc.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('Dlt '), data.deleteCropped);
  executeAction(charIDToTypeID('Crop'), desc, DialogModes.NO);
} // end of crop()