Illustrator Action Question

[mjackson83002]

I created an action which works well, but at the very end, I added a step to deselect everything. I need to add one extra step of making the Selection Tool (V) the active tool. I've tried including the mouse click on the Selection tool and I've tried the V shortcut but the action is not recording either. I also pulled down the hamburger icon on the actions tabs and tried to add a menu item, but when I type in Select, the option actually add the Select tool is not available. 

I would think the option to switch tools would be a no-brainer for the people that create complex actions. 

Any help would be appreciated. (I know I could simple click the V tool after the action runs, but I'd like to include it in the action itself)

MJ

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

one way of selecting the Selection tool is using a script

- save the following script to plain text (not Rich Text)

- give it a js or jsx extension,

- save it in the Presets/Scripts folder,

- restart Illustrator.

- Then start recording at the end of your Action,

- click on Insert Menu Action

- select the script in the File->Scripts menu

- stop recording

app.selectTool("Adobe Select Tool")

[mjackson83002]

got it! Works perfectly. Thanks Carlos.

[Dimitar347063537hzo]

I can't find any reference to app.selectTool("Adobe Select Tool"), could you please provide a link?

[mjackson83002]

Carlos included the script in the gray box. That's the line of text you save as js or jsx and then include in your action.

Good luck,

MJ

[Dimitar347063537hzo]

I can't find any reference to app.selectTool("Adobe Select Tool"), could you please provide a link?

[CarlosCanto]

there's no official reference, here's a list of Tool names posted by community user andrewh

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/what-s-new-in-illustrator-scripting-cc2020/td...

[Dimitar347063537hzo]

Great, thank you!