Rename Layers: Find and Replace style renaming

c.pfaffenbichler wrote: What are var layernames = { 'Bob':'Bob Front' }; and if (layernames[currentLayer.name]) supposed to do? Is that even JavaScript? …

Hi c.pfaffenbichler, yes, this is pure Javascript.

Try this little example:

var layernames = {'Bob':'Bob Behind'};
alert(layernames['Bob']);
// a variant
layernames['Bob'] = 'Bob in the middle';
alert("a variant:  " + layernames['Bob']);

// another variant
layernames.Bob = 'Bob Front';
alert("another variant:  " + layernames.Bob);

@big_smile,

your posted script works with photoshop (if you have only artlayers and one or more layers named with Bob)

var doc = app.activeDocument;

// name indexed object 
var layernames = {'Bob':'Bob Front'};

// loop through all layers
for (var i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++) {
    //Set up Variable to access layer name 
    var currentLayer = app.activeDocument.layers;

    
    if (layernames[currentLayer.name]) {
        currentLayer.name = layernames[currentLayer.name];
        }
    }

All you have to do is to loop trough all artlayers (and layersets), but here is Javascript a slowly variant. Use ActionManager code instead. You will find many examples here in forum.

Have fun