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September 30, 2012
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Naming paths ID's for SVG files.

  • September 30, 2012
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I'm in the process of creating an SVG file. I'll have a large number of paths of which all have a seemingly random ID's assigned to them, for example path4758 (see below). Ideally, I'd love to be able to set my own ID for a path, it would help when I parse my SVG file with a Python script. Is it possible to change the ID that is assigned to a path inside of Illustrator? If so, how would I be able to do so?

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<path id="path4758" fill="#6DBE45" stroke="#727271" d="M76.872,481.133C76.012,484.881,74.835,481.123,76.872,481.133z"/>

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    Correct answer jessicas22664886

    Select the path and right click.

    Choose "create compound path".

    Look at your layers panel and you'll notice the shape or path you selected has been renamed to "<Compound Path>".

    You can now change "<Compound Path>" to whatever you want the id to be.

    Save the file as an SVG if you haven't already.

    Done!

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    jessicas22664886
    jessicas22664886Correct answer
    Participant
    January 25, 2019

    Select the path and right click.

    Choose "create compound path".

    Look at your layers panel and you'll notice the shape or path you selected has been renamed to "<Compound Path>".

    You can now change "<Compound Path>" to whatever you want the id to be.

    Save the file as an SVG if you haven't already.

    Done!

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    bobhaslett17107788
    Participant
    September 4, 2020

    I’ve tried this, and sometimes it works whilst others it still retains the original path ID on export even though the name is changed in the layer palette

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      _Marks
      Participant
      June 23, 2022

      You find something that actually works for 2022?

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      kenc3dan
      Participant
      January 5, 2015

      Any object or layer that uses a number as a leading character in Illustrator will be converted into some crazy id in the resulting SVG.

      For instance:

      A layer called "1st-floor-rooms" in Illustrator will become "_x31_st-floor-rooms" in the SVG.

        rogéz
        rogéz
        Participating Frequently
        January 6, 2017

        yes that's cause id's in html can never start with a number

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        rick walters
        Participant
        February 4, 2013

        I've found that simply changing the name of the particular path in the Layers palette sets the id for that path. Seems dodgy for some reason when implementing interactivity and there are compound paths involved, but certainly works for simpler cases.

          Mylenium
          Mylenium
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          September 30, 2012

          They are AI's internal object IDs. Only excessive scripting can change them. it would probably be a lot easier if you simply handle that part in your Py script.

          Mylenium

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