creold · August 27, 2024 10:09 · Aug 27, 2024
diff --git a/PartialPathDeselection.jsx b/PartialPathDeselection.jsx
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+/*
+  Recursively deselects partial paths within the selected group to safely use the Eyedropper tool 
+  with Appearance mode enabled to apply styles only to the paths and not to the group
+  Author: Sergey Osokin, email: [email protected]
+  Check my other scripts: https://github.com/creold
+  
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+*/
+
+//@target illustrator
+preferences.setBooleanPreference('ShowExternalJSXWarning', false); // Fix drag and drop a .jsx file
+
+function main () {
+  if (!/illustrator/i.test(app.name)) {
+    alert('Wrong application\nRun script from Adobe Illustrator', 'Script error');
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (!app.documents.length) {
+    alert('No documents\nOpen a document and try again', 'Script error');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (!app.selection.length || selection.typename === 'TextRange') {
+    alert('Few objects are selected\nPlease select at least one group and try again', 'Script error');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  var paths = getPaths(app.selection);
+  if (!paths.length) return;
+
+  for (var i = 0, len = paths.length; i < len; i++) {
+    if (!paths[i].hasOwnProperty('pathPoints')) continue;
+    // Deselect one path point
+    paths[i].pathPoints[0].selected = PathPointSelection.NOSELECTION;
+  }
+}
+
+// Get paths from selection
+function getPaths(coll) {
+  var paths = [];
+  for (var i = 0; i < coll.length; i++) {
+    var item = coll[i];
+    if (item.pageItems && item.pageItems.length) {
+      paths = [].concat(paths, getPaths(item.pageItems));
+    } else if (/compound/i.test(item.typename) && item.pathItems.length) {
+      paths = [].concat(paths, getPaths(item.pathItems));
+    } else if (/pathitem/i.test(item.typename)) {
+      paths.push(item);
+    }
+  }
+  return paths;
+}
+
+// Run script
+try {
+  main();
+} catch (err) {}