Action or script to prompt to add to layer name

[Big Rick Cowell]

Hi all,

Can anyone let me know if it's possible to create a script or action to prompt for a word to be entered, then add that name to all layers, or specific layers, or replace a specific word if it exists in layers.

e.g. I'm creating a template with generate image assets enabled so I can quickly and easily generate a predefined set of image sizes / formats etc. just from dropping the image into a smart layer.

That's all sorted and working - but I'd like to be able to specify the filenames based on the main image rather than having to rename layers individually and manually.

So I'd have 

Template Names                  Saved layer names

50x50.jpg                              New Logo 50x50.jpg

50x50.png                             New Logo 50x50.png

1000x1000.png                     New Logo 1000x1000.png

So rather than having to add "New Logo" or whatever the filename needs to be based on the project, I could just enter it once and then they get updated?

I hope that makes sense!

Fingers crossed

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Did you do a search? 

https://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/scripts/rename-layers.htmlhttps://morris-photographics.co...

https://morris-photographics.com/photoshop/scripts/rename-layers.html

[Big Rick Cowell]

Yes - but must not have searched well, I was getting all sorts of unrelated results.

Thanks - checking it out now... 

[Big Rick Cowell]

This looks almost exactly what I'm looking for - though I don't want it numbering the layers - I'll see if I can edit the script to stop that happening - though scripts aren't my forte!

Thanks again

[Big Rick Cowell]

In fact - it's not quite enough for what I needed, just realised I should have specified I also need it to do groups as well as layers... I knew I'd miss something!

[Lumigraphics]

The script looks pretty simple, can you post screenshots of a beginning document, and finished, and point out what was missed or needs to be changed? We would need to see the expanded layers panel.

[Stephen_A_Marsh · Accepted solution]

@Big Rick Cowell – Try this script, it works on both layers and layer groups:

https://github.com/Paul-Riggott/PS-Scripts/blob/master/Layer%20Name%20Edit.jsx

A couple of examples, either adding a new name as a prefix, or using a regular expression find/replace to to the same:

[Big Rick Cowell]

Thanks @Stephen_A_Marsh - I'll give that a try asap!

[Big Rick Cowell]

@Stephen_A_Marsh - perfect, thanks!

[Big Rick Cowell]

PS - just in case anyone else is using this and finds the same - the script window was pale grey on mine, so I've edited the background in the script - changing line 20 to:

var myBrush = g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0, 0, 0, 0]);