Script that adds a layer of text with the name of the selected layer to the document

Hello tokuredit thanks for the help! Great script, however it is critical that the added text layer contain the same characters as the last selected layer, without the need to use external .txt files.

Hi Ps-Design! this script is a bit like what you need, I believe there is a user exeto the JJMack that I can make a change in some lines of this script to meet your needs. Hope this helps, good luck.

The script will prompt for a text file containing the names.

#target photoshop;  
if(documents.length) main();  
function main(){  
var txtFile = File.openDialog("Please select TEXT.","TXT File:*.txt");  
var Names = [];  
if(txtFile == null) return;  
txtFile.open('r');  
var data = txtFile.read();  
txtFile.close();  
data = data.split('\n');  
for (var a in data){  
    var line = data.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g);  
    if(line.length >3) Names.push(line);  
    }  
for(var n in Names){  
    createTextLayer(Names);  
    }  
};  
function createTextLayer(layerName) {    
var startRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;  
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;  
var thisLayer = activeDocument.artLayers.add();   
thisLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;   
thisLayer.name = layerName;   
var textProperty = thisLayer.textItem;   
textProperty.kind = TextType.POINTTEXT;  
//Font Size  
textProperty.size = 10;   
textProperty.font = "Arial";   
var newColor = new SolidColor();   
//Font Colour  
newColor.rgb.red = 0;   
newColor.rgb.green = 0;   
newColor.rgb.blue = 0;   
textProperty.color = newColor;   
textProperty.position = new Array( 100,100);  
thisLayer.blendMode = BlendMode.NORMAL;   
thisLayer.opacity = 100;   
textProperty.contents = layerName;   
app.preferences.rulerUnits=startRulerUnits;  
}; 

It look like you actually want a lot more than you wrote to me.  I think you want the text to be some size, be some font, aligned to something, and fit. None of which you mentioned.