I need to change the name of several layouts (ie; from "name" to "name-temp," then after changes to the layouts back to "name"). Is there an easier way than renaming each one individually?

Thanks in advance.

No.

Why are you doing this?

Renaming multiple layouts s easier from the Set Layout Order dialog: double-click the name to change it.

Perhaps if we knew why you feel this is necessary, then we could suggest a better method. There is no way to script a layout name change.

As said, you can't script changing the layout name. But you can easily script changing a window name and then select windows accordingly. Might that help?

To those asking why:

I have about 12 layouts on which I want to make a few experimental changes and I want to be able to revert all the layouts back to the way they were in case my changes don't make me happy.

Thanks for the replies.

Renaming a layout won't help you revert it...what you need is to duplicate a layout, saving the orig version. You can always clear the copy and select all/copy/paste the elements from the orig layout. Be careful which layout your scripts point to.

Edited March 1, 200916 yr by Guest