Hi @StarAG​, here's my solution. Run this script and it will show you a list of recent documents to open. Initially they are all selected, but you may choose a subset before clicking "Open".
- Mark
/**
* Shows list of recent documents.
* Click "Open" button to open selected documents.
* Note: will only list documents *that exist*.
* @author m1b
* @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/select-and-open-multiple-recent-files-are-once/td-p/13717506
*/
(function () {
var settings = {
showUI: true,
pathsToOpen: getRecentFilePaths(true),
openDocumentsWithFitAll: false,
};
if (settings.showUI) {
var result = showUI(settings);
if (result == 2)
// user cancelled UI
return;
}
for (var i = 0; i < settings.pathsToOpen.length; i++) {
app.open(File(settings.pathsToOpen[i]));
app.selection = null;
if (settings.openDocumentsWithFitAll)
app.executeMenuCommand("fitall");
}
})();
/**
* Returns paths of open documents.
* If `paths` array is supplied,
* will add open document paths to it.
* @author m1b
* @version 2023-04-24
* @param {Array<String>} [paths] - array of paths to add to (default: empty).
* @returns {Array<String>} - array of paths.
*/
function getOpenDocumentsPaths(paths) {
paths = path || [];
var unquifier = {};
for (var i = 0; i < paths.length; i++)
unquifier[paths[i]] = true;
for (var i = 0; i < app.documents.length; i++) {
if (!app.documents[i].saved)
continue;
var path = app.documents[i].fullName.fsName;
if (!unquifier[path])
paths.push(path);
}
};
/**
* Returns array of recent files paths.
* @author m1b
* @version 2023-04-24
* @returns {Array<String>}
*/
function getRecentFilePaths(onlyIfFileExists) {
var fileCount = app.preferences.getIntegerPreference("RecentFileNumber");
var recentFilePaths = [];
for (var i = 0; i < fileCount; i++) {
var path;
/*
// recent files might be stored in FileList:
if (app.preferences.getStringPreference('plugin/FileList/file' + i + '/name') != '')
path = app.preferences.getStringPreference('plugin/FileList/file' + i + '/path');
// or in MixedFileList:
else */
if (
app.preferences.getStringPreference('plugin/MixedFileList/file' + i + '/name') != ''
&& app.preferences.getIntegerPreference('plugin/MixedFileList/file' + i + '/type') == 0
)
path = app.preferences.getStringPreference('plugin/MixedFileList/file' + i + '/path');
else
continue;
recentFilePaths.push(path);
}
if (onlyIfFileExists)
recentFilePaths = getPathsThatExist(recentFilePaths);
return recentFilePaths;
};
/**
* Returns subset of paths that
* resolve to actual files.
* @param {Array<String} paths
* @returns {Array<String}
*/
function getPathsThatExist(paths) {
paths = paths || [];
var pathsThatExist = [];
for (var i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
var f = File(paths[i]);
if (f.exists)
pathsThatExist.push(paths[i]);
}
return pathsThatExist;
};
/**
* Shows UI for the various divide functions.
* @author m1b
* @version 2023-04-07
* @param {Object} settings - the settings associated with the UI.
*/
function showUI(settings) {
if (settings == undefined)
throw Error('showUI: bad `settings` parameter.');
settings.allPaths = settings.pathsToOpen.slice();
var suppressEvents = false,
columnWidth = 480,
// set up the window
w = new Window("dialog { text:'Open Recent', properties:{ resizeable:true } }"),
// user input view
fileListBox = w.add('listBox', undefined, '', { numberOfColumns: 1, multiselect: true }),
bottomUI = w.add("group {orientation:'row', alignment:['fill','fill'], margins:[0,1,0,0] }"),
buttons = bottomUI.add("group {orientation:'row', alignment:['right','center'], alignChildren:'right' }"),
cancelButton = buttons.add("Button { text: 'Cancel', properties: {name:'cancel'} }"),
okayButton = buttons.add("Button { text:'Open', enabled: true, properties: {name:'ok'} }");
buildListBox(fileListBox, getFileNames(settings.allPaths));
// event handling
fileListBox.addEventListener('change', updateUI);
okayButton.onClick = function () { w.close(1) };
cancelButton.onClick = function () { w.close(2) };
updateUI();
fileListBox.active = true;
// Explr.init(fileListBox);
fileListBox.maximumSize.height = 100;
// show dialog
w.center();
return w.show();
/**
* Updates the UI when controls have changed.
*/
function updateUI() {
if (suppressEvents)
return;
suppressEvents = true;
// update paths to open
var s = fileListBox.selection || [];
if (s != null) {
settings.pathsToOpen = [];
for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
settings.pathsToOpen.push(settings.allPaths[s[i].index]);
}
// update enabled
okayButton.enabled = settings.pathsToOpen.length > 0;
suppressEvents = false;
};
/**
* Builds listbox items.
*/
function buildListBox(listbox, arr, index) {
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++)
listbox.add('item', arr[i]);
if (index == undefined)
listbox.selection = selectAllItems(listbox);
else
listbox.selection = index;
};
/**
* Returns a full selection array.
*/
function selectAllItems(obj) {
var sel = [];
for (var i = 0; i < obj.items.length; i++)
sel[i] = i;
return sel;
}
/**
* Returns array of file names.
* @param {Array<String>} paths - the paths to files.
* @returns {Array<String>} - the file names.
*/
function getFileNames(paths) {
paths = paths || [];
var names = [];
for (var i = 0; i < paths.length; i++)
names.push(decodeURI(File(paths[i]).name));
return names;
};
};
Edit 2023-04-25: removed the step that first looks in the `FileList` dictionary, because it seemed to cause problems. So now script just looks directly in the `MixedFileList` dictionary. Also commented out the "fitall" menu command for OP.
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