select spot color by name

Question

Hi I have rectangles in all kinds of colors and other objectsI want to select only rectangles / shapes whose color contour line is Cutcontour. (Spot color)

Charu Rajput · Accepted Answer

Thanks, I understand, it works, but it is not possible to select the contour without selecting the swatches window?

Yes, it is possible to select the objects that have CutContour applied by parsing all pathItems exists in he document. Try following snippet

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var pathItems = doc.pathItems;
var colorName = 'CutContour';
app.executeMenuCommand("deselectall");
for (var j = 0; j < pathItems.length; j++) {
    if (pathItems[j].stroked && pathItems[j].strokeColor.spot && pathItems[j].strokeColor.spot.name == colorName) {
        pathItems[j].selected = true;
    }
}

NOTE: Not tested from my side but it should work.

Charu Rajput · Answer

Hi,You can use following commands to select app.executeMenuCommand('Find Stroke Color menu item'); // select only objects with same strokeapp.executeMenuCommand('Find Fill Color menu item') // select only objects with same fillapp.executeMenuCommand('Find Fill & Stroke menu item') // select only objects with same stroke and same fill  Before executing these command, make sure to select the spot swatch in swatch panel.

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