Replace keyword in Photoshop from Smart Objects and Layers

Question

I have a PSD Web Template with multiple PSD files and I need to replace a keyword in all of them. If I use the built-in Find & Replace it will only replace one PSD file at a time, plus it's not replacing text inside Smart Objects.

Is there any such script that can help replace a keyword from everywhere (including Smart Objects) in a PSD (also in multiple PSDs in a folder)?

The closest I found here was at Find and replace text in multiple Photoshop files?

var dir = new Folder('/c/temp')
var files = dir.getFiles("*.psd");

for (var i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
    var doc = app.open(files[i]);

    for (var j= 0; j < doc.artLayers.length; j++) {
        var lyr = doc.artLayers[j];

        if (lyr.kind == LayerKind.TEXT) {
            var lyr = doc.artLayers[j];
            lyr.textItem.contents = lyr.textItem.contents.replace("search","replace"); 
        }
     }

    doc.close(SaveOptions.SAVECHANGES)
}

But for some reason the script opens the PSD file and then closes it without making any changes. I tried to play the script one line at a time and it goes to line 10 (if (lyr.kind == LayerKind.TEXT) {) and loops back to line 7 (for (var j= 0; j < doc.artLayers.length; j++) {).

are you running that code on a document with any text layers that aren't in a smart object?? That code won't edit a smart object. — Anna Forrest
yes the psd i am trying contains text in and out of smart object and the text doesn't replace any of it. Not sure. — Sam Rizzi
Put a break point at the lyr.kind == LayerKind.TEXT line and see what type lyr.kind is returning when 'lyr' is one of the layers you think is a text layer. — Anna Forrest

Anna Forrest Anna Forrest · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-23T13:11:13

At least in the last version of Photoshop I scripted, smart objects were not part of the DOM - you have to use scriptlistener code to access the contents of those objects.

So the following snippet should start editing the smart object:

var id401 = stringIDToTypeID( "placedLayerEditContents" );
    var desc24 = new ActionDescriptor();
executeAction( id401, desc24, DialogModes.NO );

From there you need to loop through all the layers in the new active document which should contain the contents of your smart object, modify as needed and save & close it which would return the active document to your original document. Depending on how your smart objects are nested you may need to do this several times.

Replace keyword in Photoshop from Smart Objects and Layers

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