🚀 go-pugleaf

Warning: I'm an amateur! But this seems to work for me. Select the box you want to expand, then run the script.



if (app.documents.length > 0){ 
   var myDocument = app.activeDocument; 
   var myViewPreferences = myDocument.viewPreferences; 
   var myOldXUnits = 
myViewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits; 
   var myOldYUnits = myViewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits; 
   var myOldRulerOrigin = myViewPreferences.rulerOrigin; 
   myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits 
= MeasurementUnits.points; 
   myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits 
= MeasurementUnits.points;

   if (app.selection.length == 1){ 
      var myBox = app.selection[0]; 
      if (myBox.constructor.name == 
"TextFrame" || myBox.constructor.name == "Rectangle"){ 
         myExpand(myBox); 
         } 
      else 
         alert("You 
haven't selected a box as required. Select a box and try again."); 
         }    
      app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits 
= myOldXUnits; 
      app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits 
= myOldYUnits; 
      app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin 
= myOldRulerOrigin; 
   }

function myExpand(myBox) { 
   var myBounds = myBox.geometricBounds; 
   myBox.geometricBounds = [myBounds[0] - 4.5, 
myBounds[1] - 4.5, myBounds[2] + 4.5, myBounds[3]+4.5]; 
   } //end function myExpand