Sort Layers alphabetically

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August 29, 2021
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Hello!

I'm trying to organize my layers in Illustrator aphabetically, and I can't find a script for it. I've found several potential scripts here but I couldn't get them to work, and since my coding knowledge is extremely basic I can't really make one on my own. Is there a script I can use to sort layers?

Scripting

Correct answer Sergey Osokin

I found a script to sort layers alphabetically https://gist.github.com/KennyRedman/b8582079dabc1be17b05

Sergey OsokinCorrect answer

Inspiring

I found a script to sort layers alphabetically https://gist.github.com/KennyRedman/b8582079dabc1be17b05

femkeblanco

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KennyRedman's script will prodoce the same result as the snippet I posted. It's based on a Unicode alphabetical comparison using the > operator. As I said, you'll get "Zoo" before "aardvark".

Inventsable

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You can use String.prototype.localeCompare while sorting to get the correct results:

var yourLayerNameArray = ["tiny", "Zoo", "aardvark"];
yourLayerNameArray.sort(function (a, b) {
  return a.localeCompare(b);
});
console.log(yourLayerNameArray);
// Returns as ["aardvark", "tiny", "Zoo"]

femkeblanco

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For the simplest case, based on Unicode order (9 before A, Z before a and 10 before 2):

function alphabetise(a) {
    for (var i = 1; i < a.length; i++) {
        for (var j = i; j > 0; j--) {
            if (a[j].name < a[j-1].name) {
                a[j].moveBefore(a[j-1]);
            }
        }
    }
}
alphabetise(app.activeDocument.layers);