Script to Rename Artboards with Layer Names

[sensibleworld]

I'm looking to create a script to batch rename a number of artboards.

- I have 100 named layers.

- I have 100 artboards.

- I would like to rename the artboards to match the layer names.

- The layers are organized in the same descending orderas the artboards (ignoring the actual artboard names*).

- The topmost artboard (1 in the list) would be renamed "newspaper", the second artboard would be renamed "typewriter", the third artboard would be renamed "books", etc.

*in the example below the artboard named "Artboard 7" is actually the 6th artboard in list.

Any help would be wonderful.

[Disposition_Dev]

"layers" is a collection of items, so when you want to access one, you have to pass in an index or a name.

In the error message you posted, it says that you're trying to access the value of "doc.layers.name". the layers collection doesn't have a name which is why you're getting the error. But besides, you don't want to be changing that anyway. you want to change the individual layers.

you can access a specific layer by zero based index, like so:

ab.name = doc.layers[0].name; //this would name the artboard based on the first layer in the document

ab.name = doc.layers[5].name; //this would name the artboard based on the SIXTH layer in the document

Or you can access a specific layer by name, like so:

ab.name = doc.layers["My Layer Name"].name;

long story short, when you're processing a collection of any kind (layers, groups, artboards, pageItems, textFrameItems, or arrays/objects that you yourself have created), you need to make sure you're referencing specific items of the collection rather than the whole collection by itself.

[default1wqwq6bb15yn]

The Layers to Artboards worked - so I took that and reversed everything and it worked:

if (app.documents.length == 0) {

alert("No Open / Active Document Found");

} else {

var doc = app.activeDocument;

if (doc.artboards.length == doc.layers.length && doc.layers.length == doc.artboards.length) {

for (var i = 0, l = doc.layers.length; i < l; i++) {

var ab = doc.layers[i];

ab.name = doc.artboards[i].name;

}

alert("Finished:\nRenaming of Layers to match Artboard names is complete");

} else {

alert("Opps: This wont work!\n The number of Layers and Artboards do not match");

}

}

[CarlosCanto]

Hi shawn, try copying the script again. I just fixed the bug. It wasn't the author's bug just to clarify, it was the forum migration that messed scripts up.

[shawnw11174895]

Booyah!!! works like a charm. made my weekend. thanks!