obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/ea-scripts/Box Selected Elements.md

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This script will add an encapsulating box around the currently selected elements in Excalidraw.

See documentation for more details:
https://zsviczian.github.io/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin/ExcalidrawScriptsEngine.html

```javascript
*/
//uncomment if you want a prompt for custom padding
//const padding = parseInt (await utils.inputPrompt("padding?","number","10"));
const padding = 10
elements = ea.getViewSelectedElements();
const box = ea.getBoundingBox(elements);
color = ea
        .getExcalidrawAPI()
        .getAppState()
        .currentItemStrokeColor;
//uncomment for random color:
//color = '#'+(Math.random()*0xFFFFFF<<0).toString(16).padStart(6,"0");
ea.style.strokeColor = color;
id = ea.addRect(
	box.topX - padding,
	box.topY - padding,
	box.width + 2*padding,
	box.height + 2*padding
);
ea.copyViewElementsToEAforEditing(elements);
ea.addToGroup([id].concat(elements.map((el)=>el.id)));
ea.addElementsToView(false);