: Apply an action to each item in a selection in turn? If you use an Illustrator action on a selection, it applies it to that selection as a whole. Illustrator actions can be applied as 'batches',

@Ogunnowo857

This works:

var docSelected = app.activeDocument.selection;
if ( docSelected.length > 0 ) {
var actionName = prompt("Which action do you want to run?", "");
var set = prompt("Which set is your action in?", "Default Actions");
for ( i = 0; i < docSelected.length; i++ ) {
docSelected[i].selected = false;
}
app.activeDocument.selection = null;
for ( i = 0; i < docSelected.length; i++ ) {
docSelected[i].selected = true;
app.doScript(actionName, set)
docSelected[i].selected = false;
app.activeDocument.selection = null;
}
} else {
alert( "Please select one or more art objects" );
}

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@Michele215

With scripting yes. Modified the AI scripting docs:

var docSelected = app.activeDocument.selection;
if ( docSelected.length > 0 ) {
if ( docSelected.length > 0 ) {
for ( i = 0; i < docSelected.length; i++ ) {
docSelected[i].selected = false;
//Do Something to docSelected[i]
}
} else {
docSelected.selected = false;
//Do Something to docSelected[i]
}
} else {
alert( "Please select one or more art objects" );
}

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