got it now, that's why I asked for a sample from the very beginning ... View more

oh wow nice! thanks for sharing ... View more

I admit that the idea is creative 🙂 But the result in layers is not so pleasing   By @Sergey Osokin   but that's the expected result when one expands a Livepaint group no? something has to give 😕   it's far from perfect like most things in illustrator scripting 😕 ... View more

right?! it's baffling ... View more

you're welcome, can you please share with us how you would use such feature in your workflow?   thanks ... View more

this seems to work well, all colors and stroke size are preserved   // scale Live Paint Stroke function main() { app.executeMenuCommand("Expand Planet X"); selection[0].resize (100, 100, true, true, true, true, 200, Transformation.CENTER); // scale strokes app.executeMenuCommand("Make Planet X") } main(); ... View more

Thanks! That does work for adding a pattern fill, which are generally already swatches. What I'm trying to accomplish with the script is to add a legacy pattern as a swatch, from the artwork in the document. Is that possible?  By @_wckdTall_   that's what the snippet does, select a pathItem with a pattern applied to it, the script will create a pattern swatch ... View more

your art is symetrical, instead of "cutting up" your design, think of building it modular. I recreated a quarter of it, applied a couple of Transform Effects (knowing the width x height) to make the four initial tiles, then I used the pattern tool.     ... View more

I keep getting a "Pattern Not Detected. Try expanding right before running this script" error.   if I understood correctly, it might be as easy as this // add pattern swatch from Selection // carlos canto - 11/11/25 // select an object with a patter fill color before running function main() { var idoc = app.activeDocument; var s = idoc.swatches.add(); s.color = selection[0].fillColor; } main(); ... View more

check this thread to see if it helps you   https://community.adobe.com/t5/enterprise-teams-discussions/admins-need-ability-to-turn-off-generative-ai-features-across-all-creative-cloud-apps-by-user-group/td-p/15499432 ... View more

this works for me   3. File->Export->Export As...Autodesk RealDWG(*.DXF)   does it not work for you? what version are you on? ... View more

the elements inside the rectangle will get repeated, I see blank space inside the rectangle.   is this what you need? I would start with my initial tile as shown   ... View more

try re recording the Action, I just updated Illustrator and shortcuts to scripts work fine ... View more

v30.0 is the latest version that came out a couple of weeks ago   https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/create-manage-artboards/organize-manage-artboards/add-background-color-to-artboards.html ... View more

Hi @FlavioPavez , check this thread for more info about this bug   https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/text-appearing-outside-of-box-and-moving-objects-with-it/td-p/15510808 ... View more

try the new version 30.0, it's now possible to color your artboards as needed     ... View more

below are the first few lines of th script. Do you see the ones that start with double slash (//)? those lines are comments, they do not execute   pick one of them, remove the //, select three objects and run the script, you should see them aligned. try all different ways of running the script (by removing the // one line at a time)   var exist = app.documents.length > 0; var hasSelection = app.selection.length > 0; var nameRX = /(horizontal)|x/i; // alignObjects('x', 10) // alignObjects('horizontal'); // alignObjects('Horizontal', 4); // alignObjects('y'); // alignObjects('vertical'); // alignObjects('Vertical', 10);   ... View more

try this snippet to pre-select the current active document folder in an open dialog. Make sure the active document is saved at least once. Unsaved documents don't have a file path   // preselect folder, set default open folder to active document folder (saved) var f = app.activeDocument.fullName; var ff = f.openDlg ("select file from f parent folder", "*.*", false); //File.openDialog() ... View more

ok, so the selected art has a legacy pattern but the pattern is not in the swatches panel?    ... View more

Oh I see, I remember the troubles with non-English keyboards. So your issue for now is that the ~ key no longer works ... View more

Hi @_wckdTall_ , we're close indded.    the pattern tool has been updated so the instructions I wrote in 2017 no longer work in 2025 [edit] my bad, it still works    the legacy checkered pattern creation still works, so I guess now we coould edit the pattern (the two black squares) or add new content to it.    What kind of pattern do you want to create? can you share a sample file? ... View more

I'm not sure what you're trying to do but the way the script is layed out it seems you want to find a path named "50" that is inside a group named "5" that is inside a layer named "clouds"   if that's the case, then there's no need to query all groups and paths in other layers   if that's not your goal, then you need to elaborate and share more details   check if this edited script works var doc = app.activeDocument; var activeLayer = doc.activeLayer; //var getLayer = doc.layers.getByName("clouds"); for (var i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++) { layer = doc.layers[i]; if (layer.name === "clouds") { //doc.activeLayer = doc.layers.getByName("clouds"); for (var ii = 0; ii < layer.groupItems.length; ii++) { // ****edited group = layer.groupItems[ii]; // ****edited if (group.name === "5") { //group.selected = true; for (var p = 0; p < group.pathItems.length; p++) { // ****edited path = group.pathItems[p]; // ****edited if (path.name === "50") { path.selected = true; alert("path loop success"); } // end path if statement } // end path loop } // end group if statement } // end group loop } // end layer if statement } // end layer loop       ... View more

OMG THIS WORKS, THANK YOU! 🙂 By @sophie_2628   yay!! ... View more

it doesn't work??? how sad, I thought I discovered a workaround   does it not work at all on your side? my situation (with my English setup) was as described by the OP, pressing the "~" key works but does not live update until one releases the mouse I only introduced the pressing and releasing the Shift key ... View more

I've got you,    1. press "~" 2. click and drag with the Direct Selection Tool (A) 3. press Shift, while still dragging 4. release Shift 5. keep dragging, now you see the pattern move   update: pressing Shift did not work on my office computer, but pressing Alt did ... View more

1. select the shape and create a new graphic style before you add text to it 2. add you text to the shape (lose the appearance) 3. select the text shape only, not the whole text item 4. apply the graphic style created on step 1, to re apply the lost appearance ... View more

that sample script works fine here. I'm on Windows 11, Illustrator v30.0 ... View more