How to highlight open paths?

[j.khakase]

Is there any way or script to hightlight the open paths from the selected paths

[Met1]

Select Menu can do this, I think it's from Graffix... (it's free)

[Monika Gause]

Select Menu can do this, I think it's from Graffix... (it's free)

By @Met1

That's what I was about to write, but what Select Menu cannot do is highlight the open paths among a couple of selected paths. It could only select just the open paths.

So whether Select Menu is appropriate for this task depends on how exactly the question is meant.

[femkeblanco]

This deselects closed paths in a selection, thereby leaving only open paths selected.

selectOpen(app.selection);
function selectOpen(items) {
    for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
        if (items[i].typename == "PathItem" &&
            items[i].closed == true) {
                items[i].selected = false;
        } else if (items[i].typename == "GroupItem") {
            selectOpen(items[i].pageItems);
        } else if (items[i].typename == "CompoundPathItem") {
            selectOpen(items[i].pathItems);
        }
    }
}

[j.khakase]

I try this script nothing has happen

[Monika Gause]

If deselecting the closed paths and then just selecting the open paths is an option for you: use the plugin Met1 mentioned. It's free. https://rj-graffix.com/downloads/plugins/

[j.khakase]

Thank you for sharing the url, will look into it

[pixxxelschubser]

@j.khakase 

you have three open paths. And three paths are selected. The script by @femkeblanco seems to work.

[Kurt Gold]

Your screenshot shows just three open paths, so Femke's script doesn't have to do anything, of course.

If you add some closed paths to the selection and run the script, you will see that it deselects all closed paths, leaving just the open paths selected.

Isn't that what you are looking for?

[j.khakase]

yes, you are right. I try again but script not work in my case. any way I found a trick to find open paths, selecting path apply arrow head and it will show the open path as shown below image

[pixxxelschubser]

Sorry, but you are on the wrong way.  Arrow heads cannot help you in that case!

[j.khakase]

thank you so much, I understand now 

[Kurt Gold · Accepted solution]

j.khakase, that may work in some cases, but it may also fail in other cases.

For example, below are two paths with arrowheads. One path is open, one is closed. Which one is the open path and which one the closed path according to the arrowhead proof?

You may get a more robust visual indicator by creating and applying a pattern brush that includes a start tile and an end tile (red arrowheads in the sample below). The start and end tiles would only appear on open paths.

On the other hand, you say that Femke's script does not work in your case. Perhaps you could provide a sample file, so one may have a look at it and check why it doesn't work.

[Met1]

Ha, you learn something every day, I didn't know you could put arrowheads on closed paths!

[j.khakase]

@pixxxelschubser @Kurt Gold you are right, I was wrong. I didn't notice that issue. Thank you so much for explaining the things.

@Kurt Gold sharing the script which I am using at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WYAjKCvA-k5Q1YdJYkGUaASJUOGj7o9Z

[Kurt Gold]

Thanks for providing the sample file, j.khakase.

But I didn't mean the script. I meant an Illustrator document that contains an illustration or a sketch with open and closed paths. A file in which you ran Femke's script to no avail. This way, one may figure out why it didn't work as expected.