Adds the filenames of linked images on top. Adobe Illustrator script

addLinkedFileNames.jsx

/*
  Description: Adds the filenames of linked or embedded images on top
  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() {
  var fontSize = 14; // Default font size,pt
  var isInclExt = false; // Include file extension
  var isRnmImg = true; // Rename object in Layer panel

  if (!/illustrator/i.test(app.name)) return;
  if (!documents.length) return;
  if (!selection.length || selection.typename === 'TextRange') return;

  var links = getImages(selection);
  var tfs = [];
  for (var i = 0, len = links.length; i < len; i++) {
    var img = links[i];
    tfs.push( addName(img, isInclExt, isRnmImg, fontSize) );
  }

  if (tfs.length) selection = tfs;
}

// Get all images in the collection
function getImages(coll) {
  var out = [];
  for (var i = 0, len = coll.length; i < len; i++) {
    var item = coll[i];
    if (/group/i.test(item.typename) && item.pageItems.length) {
      out = [].concat(out, getImages(item.pageItems));
    } else if (/placed|raster/i.test(item.typename)) {
      out.push(item);
    }
  }
  return out;
}

// Add TextFrame with the filename of the linked file
function addName(obj, isInclExt, isRnmImg, size) {
  var f;
  try {
    f = obj.file;
  } catch (err) {
    f = obj;
  }
  var fileName = isInclExt ? f.name : f.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
  if (!fileName.length) fileName = 'Image';
  if (isRnmImg) obj.name = fileName;
  var tf = obj.layer.textFrames.add();
  tf.contents = decodeURIComponent(fileName);
  tf.textRange.characterAttributes.size = size;
  tf.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.CENTER;
  tf.top = obj.top - (obj.height - tf.height) / 2;
  tf.left = obj.left + (obj.width - tf.width) / 2;
  tf.move(obj, ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
  return tf;
}

// Run script
try {
  main();
} catch (err) {}

Major script update — ShowObjectNames 27.01.2025