I found a function from c.pfaffenbichler here on the forum, which will search/replace text. The script works great if you have a flat document, but as soon as you create a group the script won't work anymore. Here's the function: function replaceText (searchText, replaceWith) {     var actionDes1 = new ActionDescriptor();     var actionRef = new ActionReference();     actionRef.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ), stringIDToTypeID("replace") );     actionRef.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "TxLr" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Al  " ) );     actionDes1.putReference( charIDToTypeID( "null" ), actionRef );     var actionDes2 = new ActionDescriptor();     actionDes2.putString( stringIDToTypeID( "find" ), searchText );     actionDes2.putString( stringIDToTypeID("replace"), replaceWith );     actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "checkAll" ), false );     actionDes2.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID( "Fwd " ), true );     actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "caseSensitive" ), false );     actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "wholeWord" ), false );     actionDes2.putBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( "ignoreAccents" ), true );     actionDes1.putObject( charIDToTypeID( "Usng" ), stringIDToTypeID( "findReplace" ), actionDes2 );     executeAction( stringIDToTypeID("replace"), actionDes1, DialogModes.NO ); }; replaceText ("test", "replaceWithStuff") Here's the error I get: --------------------------- Error --------------------------- Error 8800: General Photoshop error occurred. This functionality may not be available in this version of Photoshop. - The object "in contents of all text layer" is not currently available. Line: 21 ->      executeAction( stringIDToTypeID("replace"), actionDes1, DialogModes.NO ); --------------------------- OK   --------------------------- Does anyone know how to work around this problem? I've tried a try/catch, the only thing that does is to suppress the error, but it won't replace the text 😕 ... View more

Text layers in Photoshop will auto-update the layer name with the text content of the layer unless you manually edit the layer name in the layers panel. Then it retains the manually entered layer name. How would one go about restoring this auto-updating of the layer name to a layer whose name has been manually edited? Is this possible at all? I've googled this, and everyone says it's not possible to do this manually, but that it might be possible with scripting. Does anyone know? I know you can duplicate the layer, then re-enter the text, but that gets a bit tricky if your text has multiple fonts and colors. ... View more

I'm still trying to get the hang of Action Manager code, but I keep hitting a wall. I'm trying to figure out how I can get all of the children of the selected group, but I can't find a way to do this. - How can I retrieve all elements below a group (LayerSet) through AM code? - Is it possible to retrieve the parent of a specific layer? - Is it possible to collapse/expand groups with AM code? How do you guys attack these kinds of challenges? I have googled and searched github for these questions, but I haven't found anything of help. I feel like there's just a few of you that knows AM code, how did you plow your way into learning AM coding? I mean, the basic operations that can be recorded by the listener is doable even for me, but approaching challenges like the one's I have now, I don't even know where to start? ... View more

I've attached a snipped that changes antialising on all text layers to "Smooth", on both hidden and unhidden layers. The problem is that this is extreeemely slow, so I'm wondering if there is any way to make this faster? Also, is there an easy way to be able to see a progressbar when running the function? // FUNCTION: APPLY FONT CHANGES function fnChangeAntiAlias(target) {     // Get the layers of the active document     var docLayers = target.layers;     // For each layer in the document     for (var i = 0; i < docLayers.length; i++)     {         // If the current layer is a LayerSet         if (docLayers.typename == "LayerSet")         {             // Recursive: Re-run function with the current LayerSet as target             fnChangeAntiAlias(docLayers);         }         // Else if the current layer is a text layer         else if (docLayers.kind == LayerKind.TEXT)         {               docLayers.textItem.antiAliasMethod = AntiAlias.SMOOTH;         };     }; }; // Get the active document var doc = app.activeDocument; // Execute the function fnChangeAntiAlias(doc); ... View more