[JSX] Remembering locked layers/pathitems/groupitems for easy recall across documents

Question

Hi all, 
 
I'm working on a script for some complex files with multiple layers, sublayers, groups, pathitems etc. To operate on the items I need to, I first iterate through the doc and unlock and make visible/unhidden all page items and layers. For the purposes of the script, I am duplicating some of the main layers to a new document. Rather than having to iterate through all page items again, is there an easier way to recall which may have been locked? I thought about passing the specific items to a layer, but since I'm copying to a new doc, I doubt those items would be valid. Is there a way to generate a list of previously locked items and their index chain within their respective parent? Or some other more obvious way that I might not be considering? Appreciate it.

Charu Rajput · Accepted Answer

Hi @brian_p_dts What about keeping an uuid of the items in two separate array one for visibility and another for locked items. And to fetch you can you use getPageItemFromUuid method.Example: var _id = app.selection[0].uuid;var _itemUsingUUID = app.activeDocument.getPageItemFromUuid(_id); You don't need to traverse all pageitems instead only those that are present in the stored array for visibility and locked.  uuid is equivalent to the id,getPageItemFromUuid is equivalent to the itemByID in the Indesign.

m1b · Answer

Hi @brian_p_dts, do you need to keep track of these objects and properties over the course of a single script execution? Or between multiple script executions? Eg one script to unlock/unhide, and another script to lock/hide again later.

-Mark

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