Ordering objects by size

when you say "order", what do you mean? stacking order like in the layers panel? arranged from left to right or top to bottom?

i'll assume the first option, but let me know if i'm wrong. here's some pseudocode. not necessarily the best way. but it is one way.

run script

var items = [selected items or all children of a layer or layers.. basically the items you want to sort by size]

var sortedItems = []; //empty array for storing items sorted by size

var largest;

while items.length

     largest = items[0];

     for each item, starting at 1

          if current item is larger than largest

               set largest to current item

     sortedItems.push(current item);

     splice current item from items array

for each item in sortedItems

     current item: bring to front

Amir,

I believe there is a script for it.

Maybe Carlos or Theunis sees this soon, but in any case you may also ask in the Scripting forum,

Illustrator Scripting

Hi Amir,

I am afraid right now there no option to do this in Illustrator apart from doing it manually. You may raise this feature request here: Adobe Illustrator Feedback. This is the best way of communicating with the Engineering and Product Management teams regarding issues and suggestions so they can be implemented in future releases.

Regards,

Srishti