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Inspiring
June 28, 2023
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Select all text layers with the same name

  • June 28, 2023
  • 1 reply
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Hello dear Illustrator users,

 

I have a document containing 10 iterations of the same object. With identical naming for all the sublayers of each objects:

 

 

I need to replace the "space" between aaaa and bbbb by a line break for all 10 iterations ("bbbb" has to be a on a second line) on all 10 iterations.

 

I found a script on the Illustrator community that is working pretty well, but unfortunately only on the selected layer:

 

var text = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
var string = text.contents;
string = string.replace(/ /g,"\n");
text.contents= string;

 

I need the same thing but applied on all the layers with the name "TOTO" in this document (10 layers).

 

Thank you for your help.

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Correct answer femkeblanco
var text = app.activeDocument.textFrames;
for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
    if (text[i].name == "TOTO") {
        var string = text[i].contents;
        string = string.replace(/ /g,"\n");
        text[i].contents= string;
    }
}

1 reply

femkeblanco
femkeblancoCorrect answer
Brainiac
June 28, 2023
var text = app.activeDocument.textFrames;
for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
    if (text[i].name == "TOTO") {
        var string = text[i].contents;
        string = string.replace(/ /g,"\n");
        text[i].contents= string;
    }
}
    cédricl67786023
    cédricl67786023Author
    Inspiring
    June 28, 2023

    That is working perfectly! Thank you so much for your help.

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