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Renames layers using internal TextFrames. Adobe Illustrator script
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/* | |
The script renames the layers using the content of the TextFrame or its custom name | |
Discussion: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/script-to-rename-layer-from-text-in-the-layer/td-p/13865554 | |
Author: Sergey Osokin, email: [email protected] | |
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*/ | |
//@target illustrator | |
app.preferences.setBooleanPreference('ShowExternalJSXWarning', false);// Fix drag and drop a .jsx file | |
function main() { | |
if (!/illustrator/i.test(app.name)) return; | |
if (!documents.length) return; | |
// UI | |
var win = new Window('dialog', 'Rename layer as text'); | |
win.alignChildren = ['fill', 'center']; | |
var opts = win.add('group'); | |
opts.alignChildren = ['fill', 'center']; | |
var isFirstRb = opts.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'Use first text'); | |
isFirstRb.value = true; | |
var isLastRb = opts.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'Last text'); | |
var btns = win.add('group'); | |
var currBtn = btns.add('button', undefined, 'Active Layer', { name: 'ok' }); | |
var allBtn = btns.add('button', undefined, 'All'); | |
allBtn.onClick = function () { | |
var _layers = app.activeDocument.layers; | |
for (var i = 0, len = _layers.length; i < len; i++) { | |
renameLayer(_layers[i], isFirstRb.value); | |
} | |
win.close(); | |
} | |
currBtn.onClick = function () { | |
renameLayer(app.activeDocument.activeLayer, isFirstRb.value); | |
win.close(); | |
} | |
win.center(); | |
win.show(); | |
} | |
function renameLayer(lay, isFirst) { | |
var tfs = getTextFrames(lay.pageItems); | |
if (!tfs.length) return; | |
var tf = isFirst? tfs[0] : tfs[tfs.length - 1]; | |
if (tf.name != '') lay.name = tf.name; | |
else lay.name = tf.contents.slice(0, 100); | |
} | |
function getTextFrames(coll) { | |
var tfs = []; | |
for (var i = 0, len = coll.length; i < len; i++) { | |
if (/text/i.test(coll[i].typename)) { | |
tfs.push(coll[i]); | |
} else if (/group/i.test(coll[i].typename)) { | |
tfs = tfs.concat( getTextFrames(coll[i].pageItems) ); | |
} | |
} | |
return tfs; | |
} | |
// Run script | |
try { | |
main(); | |
} catch (err) {} |
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