Select the layer name

I need to select a specific layer or group by name.  What is the correct syntax to do this with Javascript?

you want to select all the items on the layer? or only some types (e.g., blocks of text, groups, paths)?

Let's take a look at the same time.

Let's start by selecting all the elements on a given layer (in this case the layer is called "Target layer");

Note that pageItems means that any element of art in the document. could be text, could be a path, can be a group, could be a compound path.

var docRef = app.activeDocument;
var layers = docRef.layers;
var myLayer = layers["Target Layer"]; //this defines the layer that you want to get the selection from

docRef.selection = null; //ensure there is nothing in the document selected already. this way you only get the selection you want.
for(var a=0;a

now lets do the same thing, but we will choose just the groupItems


var docRef = app.activeDocument;
var layers = docRef.layers;
var myLayer = layers["Target Layer"];

docRef.selection = null;
for(var a=0;a

and finally, in order to be comprehensive, allows to select two different types of art objects, but not all types. For example, if a single layer has text blocks, groups, paths and transparent traces. Let's just select managers of related texts and groupItems. This time we will have to include a conditional statement to find the correct item types.


var docRef = app.activeDocument;
var layers = docRef.layers;
var myLayer = layers["Target Layer"];

docRef.selection = null;
for(var a=0;a 
         
 
         
 
 
		 
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