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Guides

A collections class allowing for array access into a document's guides

Access this collection through Document.guides property. For example, following adds a new guide to the collection:

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app.activeDocument.guides.add(Constants.Direction.HORIZONTAL, 20);

Indexable

▪ [index: number]: Guide

Used to access the guides in the collection.

Access this collection through Document.guides property. For example, following adds a new guide to the collection:

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app.activeDocument.guides.add(Constants.Direction.HORIZONTAL, 20);

Properties

NameTypeAccessMin VersionDescription
length
number
R
23.0
Number of Guide elements in this collection.
parent
R
23.0
The owner document of this Guide collection.

Methods

add

23.0

Guide

Adds a guide for the collection at the given coordinate and direction

Fixes in Photoshop 24.0:

  • Correct coordinate when resolution is not 72 PPI
  • Returns valid instance of guide

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
direction
Indicates whether the guide is vertical or horizontal
coordinate
number
Position of the guide measured from the ruler origin in pixels. The value can be a decimal. Note: the user can move the ruler origin which will affect the position value of the guides.

removeAll

23.0

void

Clears all guides from this collection.

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