Sort Illustrator layers alphabetically
target "Illustrator"
/**
*sort layers (with sublayer) */
var doc = app.documents[0]; var lay = doc.layers; var array_primary = []; for (var i=0, iL=lay.length; i < iL ; i++) { if (lay[i].layers.length === 0) { array_primary.push( lay[i].name ); } else { array_primary.push( lay[i].name ); var array_secondary = []; for (var j=0, jL=lay[i].layers.length; j < jL ; j++) { array_secondary.push(lay[i].layers[j].name); }; var result2 = array_secondary.sort( function (a,b) { return a > b }); // sort sublayers sort_layer (lay[i], result2); } }; var result1 = array_primary.sort( function(a,b) { return a > b } );
// sort layers sort_layer (doc, result1);
function sort_layer (obj, array) { for (var ri=0, riL=array.length; ri < riL ; ri++) { obj.layers.getByName(array[ri]).zOrder( ZOrderMethod.SENDTOBACK ); }; }