Update name of the object based on text located in that object?

[voscekm]

Looking for a way (hopefully in a mass) to update name of the object (<Rectangle>) to mach the text that is located inside of that rectangle.

Basically to go form this:

Into this:

Any scripts out there?

Thank you

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

Untested.

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var items = doc.pathItems;
var text = doc.textFrames;

for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
    var itemBounds = items[i].geometricBounds;
    for (var j = text.length - 1; j > -1; j--) {
        var textBounds = text[j].geometricBounds;
        if ((textBounds[0] > itemBounds[0] && textBounds[0] < itemBounds[2]) && 
            (textBounds[1] < itemBounds[1] && textBounds[1] > itemBounds[3])) {
        items[i].name = text[j].contents;
        text[j].remove();
        continue;
        }
    }
}

[voscekm]

Works like magic! Thank you very much.

[femkeblanco · Accepted solution]

As requested, try this for polygons other than rectangles.  This should work for the text frame whose centre lies within the path (without depending on the bounding boxes).

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var items = doc.pathItems;
var text = doc.textFrames;

for (var i = items.length - 1; i > -1; i--) {
    for (var j = text.length - 1; j > -1; j--) {
        var textBounds = text[j].geometricBounds;
        var centre = [
            textBounds[0] + ((textBounds[2] - textBounds[0]) / 2), 
            textBounds[1] + ((textBounds[3] - textBounds[1]) / 2)
        ];
        if (pointIsInPoly(items[i].pathPoints, centre)) {
            items[i].name = text[j].contents;
            text[j].remove();
            continue;
        }
    }
}

// Jonas Raoni Soares Silva
// http://jsfromhell.com/math/is-point-in-poly
function pointIsInPoly(poly, pt){
    for(var c = false, i = -1, l = poly.length, j = l - 1; ++i < l; j = i)
        ((poly[i].anchor[1] <= pt[1] && pt[1] < poly[j].anchor[1]) || 
         (poly[j].anchor[1] <= pt[1] && pt[1] < poly[i].anchor[1])) 
        && 
        (pt[0] < 
         (poly[j].anchor[0] - poly[i].anchor[0]) * (pt[1] - poly[i].anchor[1]) / 
         (poly[j].anchor[1] - poly[i].anchor[1]) + poly[i].anchor[0]) 
        && 
        (c = !c);
    return c;
}

[voscekm]

Works really well with all different shapes. Thank you very much for your help. Both answers are correct, just use for both could be slightly altered. Amazing job again!