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polotrobo
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September 26, 2022
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Change layer name by name text in group

  • September 26, 2022
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Hello everyone,
I would like to run a script which change the group's name in a specific layer (layer's name: "VEI") by a text in the group.

Exemple: the group is called " <Groupe> " and in that group I have a text called PEH and a text called "PEV" in another group called "<Groupe>" too. I would like to have the groupe renamed by "PEH" when I have a "PEH" text in the groupe or by "PEV" when I have a "PEV" text in the group.)

 

Sorry for the understanding, I tried to be the more cleaver I could.

 

 

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Correct answer Sergey Osokin

Added recursive text search in a group to your code.

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var lyr = doc.layers['VEI'];
var grps = lyr.groupItems;
for (var g = 0; g < grps.length; g++) {
  var tf = getFirstTF(grps[g]);
  grps[g].name = tf.contents;
}

// Recursive search of topmost TextFrame
function getFirstTF(grp) {
  if (grp.textFrames.length) {
    return grp.textFrames[0];
  } else {
    for (var i = 0; i < grp.pageItems.length; i++) {
      if (grp.pageItems[i].typename === 'GroupItem') {
        return getFirstTF(grp.pageItems[i]);
      }
    }
  }
}

1 reply

Charu Rajput
Community Expert
Charu RajputCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 26, 2022

Hi,

Try following code

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var _layer = doc.layers['VEI'];
var _groups = _layer.groupItems;
for (var g = 0; g < _groups.length; g++) {
    var _textFrame = _groups[g].textFrames[0];
    _groups[g].name = _textFrame.contents;
}

Above script works assuming your group contains only single textframe.

Best regards
Sergey Osokin
Sergey OsokinCorrect answer
Inspiring
September 26, 2022

Added recursive text search in a group to your code.

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var lyr = doc.layers['VEI'];
var grps = lyr.groupItems;
for (var g = 0; g < grps.length; g++) {
  var tf = getFirstTF(grps[g]);
  grps[g].name = tf.contents;
}

// Recursive search of topmost TextFrame
function getFirstTF(grp) {
  if (grp.textFrames.length) {
    return grp.textFrames[0];
  } else {
    for (var i = 0; i < grp.pageItems.length; i++) {
      if (grp.pageItems[i].typename === 'GroupItem') {
        return getFirstTF(grp.pageItems[i]);
      }
    }
  }
}

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    polotroboAuthor
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    September 27, 2022

    Amazing !! Thank you so much @Sergey Osokin and @Charu Rajput 

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