Automatically rename current artboard to something else.

[Chris G]

I don't know anything about scripting.  I wanted to know if it were possible to make a script that will rename the artboard that is currently selected to a different name.

For example.  I have a document that has 4 artboards on it.   All 4 of the artboards already have current names, (Proof, Artwork, etc.).  I need to add a new artboard to the existing document.  The new artboard has "Artboard 5" as the name.  I need to change that to "Job Jacket".  However, I need to do this for thousands of files, so I need a streamlined way to do it rather than clicking and typing through the artboards panel.

Other notes; some of the existing documents will have less existing artboards, and some will have more artboards.  This is why I ask if there is a way to only rename the currently selected artboard.

Is this possible?

[pixxxelschubser · Accepted solution]

Try that

// set a new name eg "Job Jacket" for the active artboard in active document
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var abIdx = aDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex ();
aDoc.artboards[abIdx].name = "Job Jacket"; // set the new name here

Have fun

[Stephen Marsh]

Adding to pixxxel schubser’s great example: If a simple interactive method is required:

// https://forums.adobe.com/message/11034337#11034337
// set a new name eg "Job Jacket" for the active artboard in active document via prompt
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;  
var abIdx = aDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex ();  
var abName = prompt("Rename Active Artboard" + "\n" + "Enter a new name:", "Job Jacket");
aDoc.artboards[abIdx].name = abName;

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[Chris G]

Stephen_A_Marsh  wrote
Adding to https://forums.adobe.com/people/pixxxel+schubser  great example: If a simple interactive method is required:
// https://forums.adobe.com/message/11034337#11034337 // set a new name eg "Job Jacket" for the active artboard in active document via prompt var aDoc = app.activeDocument;   var abIdx = aDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex ();   var abName = prompt("Rename Active Artboard" + "\n" + "Enter a new name:", "Job Jacket"); aDoc.artboards[abIdx].name = abName;

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This is really cool and might come in handy.  For this specific task, I wanted to make the process as quick as possible.  Thanks for the script though.  It might help someone else looking for something similar too!

[Stephen Marsh]

Thanks for the thanks! I guessed that it was probably overkill for your situation, however as I'm new to scripting and mostly hack away with Photoshop scripts it was a good exercise for me to reinforce these basic concepts. It was a simple enough and logical extension of the previous script so if it helps somebody else that is great!

[Laubender]

Hi Stephen,

also provide something in case someone will press the Cancel button. Then the prompt will return null or undefined.

( function()
{
    if( app.documents.length == 0 ){ return };
    var aDoc = app.activeDocument;   
    var abIdx = aDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
    var abName = prompt( "Rename Active Artboard" + "\n" + "Enter a new name:", "Job Jacket" );
    // User pressed the Cancel button:
    if( abName == null ){ return };
    aDoc.artboards[abIdx].name = abName;
}() )

One should also note that if the prompt returns an empty string, which means not null or undefined, Illustrator will rename the artboard to a default value.

And that depends on the locale of the Illustrator version. My German Illustrator defaults to the name "Zeichenfläche n" where n is a number.

Regards,
Uwe

[Stephen Marsh]

Thank you Uwe! I think that this is the 2nd time that I have used the prompt, I was pretty much bluffing my way through from what I had explored using alert. Thank you for extending my knowledge!

Trying this in Photoshop on a layer resize variable, if cancel is pressed then the layer content is removed (I’m guessing that null is not a number).

I found this but have not been able to find a solution:

https://estk.aenhancers.com/8%20-%20ExtendScript%20Tools%20and%20Features/user-notification-dialogs....

[Laubender]

Hi Stephen,

can you point to a discussion in the PhotoShop Scripting Forum concerning Cancel when using a Prompt and removing the layer content as consequence? ( That discussion should be done over there, I think. )

Regards,
Uwe

[Stephen Marsh]

Thanks Uwe, I just created the topic as this was previously only a personal exercise for learning:

Adding a Prompt to a Variable

[Chris G]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/pixxxel+schubser  wrote
Try that
// set a new name eg "Job Jacket" for the active artboard in active document var aDoc = app.activeDocument; var abIdx = aDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex (); aDoc.artboards[abIdx].name = "Job Jacket"; // set the new name here

Have fun

Thank you so much!  This is perfect.  Exactly what I needed.  Now I can assign this script a keyboard shortcut and my life is sooo much easier now! THANK YOU!