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Adobe ExtendScript get array of manual selection

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I am using

app.activeDocument.selection

This includes an array of my selection, however indexed based on the selected layers from top(index = 0) to bottom (index = app.activeDocument.selection.length - 1).

What I would like to have is the order of my manual object / layer selection. Is this possible?

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Dirk Becker

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You can watch selection changes with the "afterSelectionChanged" handler.

Create a shadow variable starting from the previous selection.

Push newly added items (to back), and remove those removed items.

You'd do this for each separate window (the event target).

Layer selections? Panel selections e.g. in the layers panel are not exposed. You'd need a plug-in for that.

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Dirk Becker

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Ouch, above applies to InDesign, I did not realize that this discussion is about Illustrator.

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m1b

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Haha, I make that mistake regularly! Nice to see I'm not alone. 🙂

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m1b

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I think you would need the SDK to do that.

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femkeblanco

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Do you mean the order in which the items were selected (which item was selected before/after which)? If so, no, it's not possible.

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Test29284361ip8pAuthor

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Hey there 👋

yes correct, that would be required. Still many thanks for your quick response 👍

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