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The script arranges the selected elements horizontally with a fixed spacing.
When we create an architecture diagram or mind map, we often need to arrange a large number of elements in a fixed spacing. Fixed spacing
and Fixed vertical Distance
scripts can save us a lot of time.
```javascript */ if(!ea.verifyMinimumPluginVersion || !ea.verifyMinimumPluginVersion(“1.5.21”)) { new Notice(“This script requires a newer version of Excalidraw. Please install the latest version.”); return; } settings = ea.getScriptSettings(); //set default values on first run if(!settings[“Default spacing”]) { settings = { “Prompt for spacing?”: true, “Default spacing” : { value: 10, description: “Fixed horizontal spacing between elements” }, “Remember last spacing?”: false }; ea.setScriptSettings(settings); }
let spacingStr = settings[“Default spacing”].value.toString(); const rememberLastSpacing = settings[“Remember last spacing?”];
if(settings[“Prompt for spacing?”]) { spacingStr = await utils.inputPrompt(“spacing?”,”number”,spacingStr); }
const spacing = parseInt(spacingStr); if(isNaN(spacing)) { return; } if(rememberLastSpacing) { settings[“Default spacing”].value = spacing; ea.setScriptSettings(settings); } const elements=ea.getViewSelectedElements(); const topGroups = ea.getMaximumGroups(elements) .filter(els => !(els.length === 1 && els[0].type ===”arrow”)) // ignore individual arrows .filter(els => !(els.length === 1 && (els[0].containerId))); // ignore text in stickynote
const groups = topGroups.sort((lha,rha) => lha[0].x - rha[0].x);
for(var i=0; i<groups.length; i++) { if(i > 0) { const preGroup = groups[i-1]; const curGroup = groups[i];
const preRight = Math.max(...preGroup.map(el => el.x + el.width));
const curLeft = Math.min(...curGroup.map(el => el.x));
const distance = curLeft - preRight - spacing;
for(const curEl of curGroup) {
curEl.x = curEl.x - distance;
}
} } ea.copyViewElementsToEAforEditing(elements); await ea.addElementsToView(false, false);