add artboard rename to the current artboard name and not replace

[edwardbattistini]

It would be great if the artboard rename feature could add the A1, A2, A3... before the artboard name instead of replacing it. I have been looking for this tool since I bought sketch
You guys rock !

[bomberstudios]

The idea is to implement some sort of regex-based system for the renaming, where you'll be able to tell the plugin how you want to name things, and it will support what you're asking for :)

[vic-tian]

I use "Rename It" where I can input simple RegEx and order all my artboards with correct names. One thing that I always hated is that the visual order of artboards is not represented in the Sketch layers panel. Randomly dragging and dropping artboards, and moving them around, changes the order in the layers panel a lot.

[smcrowe]

What about prepending the Page name to each artboard as a simple next step? That way I don't have multiple "A1" artboards in a single Sketch file. My friend built this other plugin which does what I'm thinking https://github.com/loganw/Sketch_Auto-rename-artboards

[edwardbattistini]

quick drafted an idea for the artboard rename

[vic-tian]

The naming of columns/rows patterns are very important for me when I organize and export for prototypes. I did comment about my cases in #7 but it really applies for this issue as well.

[gabrielecirulli]

Came here to suggest this as well. To not just add a mindless +1, I'll explain my use case:

I've been building linear flows (UI evolution represented over time, simulating a user's flow through it) by sorting Artboards vertically. Alternative states, i.e. "parallel universes" for a specific screen, are laid out side-by-side horizontally.

I currently use the Artboard Tricks plugin, which does this through a keyboard shortcut. It can also prefix screens with numbers (4 digits, e.g. 0402, meaning the 4th screen vertically and 2nd from the left). Prefixes keep the remaining part of the name intact, so I'll have 0402_my-artboard.

This new plugin is very attractive because it does the same thing live. I like the idea of regexes as long as it allows me to apply the same use case as I did with Artboard Tricks.

[autumnssun]

I actually need this feature too.
I actually went ahead and forked the project and added this feature.
Please have a look at:
https://github.com/autumnssun/artboard-manager
If @bomberstudios dont mind, I can send a pull request from my fork.