Script to rename layer from text in the layer.

[richardh2196228]

Hi,

I'm looking for a scipt that will change the layer name to the same as the text contained on the layer.

So in this instance it would change Layer 2 into black.

Is this possible?

[Charu Rajput · Accepted solution]

Hi, you can try the following script

var _layers = app.activeDocument.layers;
for (var l = 0; l < _layers.length; l++) {
    var _textItem = _layers[l].groupItems[0].textFrames[0];
    if (_textItem.name != '') {
        _layers[l].name = _textItem.name;
    }
    else {
        _layers[l].name = _textItem.contents;
    }
}

The above script will work assuming your layer structure is same for all. That means, Each layer will have one group and that group will atleast single textframe. If there are multiple textframes inside teh group, it will pickup the first one and use its name if exists.

[Sergey Osokin]

I will add my own version. The interface allows you to manage the renaming in a flexible way. The script first collects all text objects in the layer and then takes the first or the last one for the layer name.
https://github.com/creold/illustrator-scripts/blob/master/md/Layer.md#renamelayerastext