Move item to a different layer using script in Adobe Illustrator

Question

This may be a something I skipped over in my search, but can anyone show me how to add an item to a layer using a JavaScript Adobe Illustrator script?

Also, are there any good resources for learning how to write scripts?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Well, that's two questions really, the first one, here's a sample to move the selected objects to a different layer named new_layer:

var docSelected = app.activeDocument.selection;  
var targetLayer = app.activeDocument.layers["new_layer"];

for (s = 0; s < docSelected.length; s++) {  
     myPath = docSelected[s];
     myPath.move(targetLayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING);
} 

The second questions, there's no great resource for learning scripting, but there's plenty of info on the web and on pdf on the adobe website.

Scriptographer - One of the best resources, with tutorials, samples, etc..

In github - Quick Intro

Adobe - Manuals in pdf format from adobe

Readthedocs - Wiki with a lot of info for scripting

Medium - A very very basic intro to scripting in illustrator