Hi @AntonioPacheco, I had a look at this for you. It was hard to work out what you were doing, and I changed quite a few things so that it made sense to me. For example, now I gather all the colors of the selection first, then I make the color chips. I have made a function that helps to gather the colors from a pageItem so I used that.
Did I understand your needs correctly?
- Mark
(function () {
// example usage:
WriteColours3('Truck');
// initial code courtesy @femkeblanco
// modified by @Antonio Pacheco HN
// modified by @m1b
function WriteColours3(myVariable) {
var font = "Arial-BoldItalicMT";
var size = 20.02; //size font
if (myVariable == "Truck"
|| myVariable == "Mini Van"
|| myVariable == "Bus"
) {
var w = size * 2.3,
h = size,
x = 440,
y = -73; // width, height, left and top x = 385, y = -203
}
if (
myVariable == "Civic"
|| myVariable == "Corolla"
) {
var w = size * 2.3,
h = size,
x = 64,
y = -628; // width, height, left and top x = 385, y = -203
}
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var miColor = "";
if (doc.selection.length == 0) {
alert('Please make a selection and try again.');
return;
}
// get colors from the selection
var selectedSpotColors = [];
for (var i = 0; i < doc.selection.length; i++) {
var item = app.activeDocument.selection[i];
var colorsOfSelectedItem = getBasicColorsFromItem(item);
for (var c = 0; c < colorsOfSelectedItem.fillColors.length; c++) {
var miColor = colorsOfSelectedItem.fillColors[c];
if (miColor.typename == 'SpotColor')
selectedSpotColors.push(miColor);
}
}
// now make color chips for each spot color found
var group = doc.groupItems.add();
for (var c = 0; c < selectedSpotColors.length; c++) {
var miColor = selectedSpotColors[c];
// draw the text
var text = doc.textFrames.pointText([x, y]);
text.textRange.textFont = textFonts[font];
text.contents = miColor.spot.name;
text.textRange.size = size;
// draw rectangle around text
var rect = doc.pathItems.rectangle(y + text.height, x, text.width, text.height);
rect.fillColor = miColor;
// advance x
x += text.width;
// group
text.move(group, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
rect.move(group, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
}
};
/**
* Returns array of swatches or colors
* found in fill or stroke of page item.
* @author m1b
* @version 2022-10-11
* @param {PageItem} item - an Illustrator page item.
* @returns {Object} - {fillColors: Array<Color>, strokeColors: Array<Color>}
*/
function getBasicColorsFromItem(item) {
if (item == undefined)
throw Error('getItemColor: No item supplied.');
var noColor = "[NoColor]",
colorables = [],
foundColors = {
fillColors: [],
strokeColors: []
};
// collect all the colorables
if (item.constructor.name == 'PathItem') {
colorables.push(item);
}
else if (
item.constructor.name == 'CompoundPathItem'
&& item.pathItems
) {
colorables.push(item.pathItems[0]);
}
else if (
item.constructor.name == 'TextFrame'
&& item.textRanges
) {
for (var i = item.textRanges.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
colorables.push({
fillColor: item.textRanges[i].characterAttributes.fillColor,
strokeColor: item.textRanges[i].characterAttributes.strokeColor
});
}
if (colorables.length > 0)
for (var i = 0; i < colorables.length; i++) {
if (
colorables[i].hasOwnProperty('fillColor')
&& colorables[i].fillColor != noColor
&& (
!colorables[i].hasOwnProperty('filled')
|| colorables[i].filled == true
)
&& colorables[i].fillColor != undefined
)
foundColors.fillColors.push(colorables[i].fillColor);
if (
colorables[i].hasOwnProperty('strokeColor')
&& colorables[i].strokeColor != noColor
&& (
colorables[i].constructor.name == 'CharacterAttributes'
|| colorables[i].stroked == true
)
&& colorables[i].strokeColor != undefined
)
foundColors.strokeColors.push(colorables[i].strokeColor);
}
else if (item.constructor.name == 'GroupItem') {
// add colors from grouped items
for (var i = 0; i < item.pageItems.length; i++) {
var found = getBasicColorsFromItem(item.pageItems[i]);
foundColors.fillColors = foundColors.fillColors.concat(found.fillColors);
foundColors.strokeColors = foundColors.strokeColors.concat(found.strokeColors);
}
}
return foundColors;
};
})();
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