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mikeAtJB
Inspiring
May 27, 2016
Answered

Unlocking sublayers

  • May 27, 2016
  • 3 replies
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I am trying to resize some art to specific dimensions. The script ran fine except for 1 file and it drove me crazy trying to find why 1 layer would not resize. I checked to make sure the layer wasn't locked:

and it looked fine. I used the line currentLayer.locked=false; to unlock any locked ones. Finally, I checked the sublevels and, sure enough, there was a level locked.

Is there a way to unlock all sublayers?

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Correct answer Alexander Ladygin
function unlock ( items ) {
    var i = items.length;
    if ( i ) {
        while ( i-- ) {
            items.locked = false;
            if ( items.typename === 'GroupItem' ) {
                unlock( items.pageItems );
            }
                else if ( items.typename === 'Layer' ) {
                    unlock( items.layers );
                    unlock( items.pageItems );
                }
        }
    }
}
unlock( activeDocument.layers );

3 replies

Alexander Ladygin
Alexander LadyginCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 28, 2016
function unlock ( items ) {
    var i = items.length;
    if ( i ) {
        while ( i-- ) {
            items.locked = false;
            if ( items.typename === 'GroupItem' ) {
                unlock( items.pageItems );
            }
                else if ( items.typename === 'Layer' ) {
                    unlock( items.layers );
                    unlock( items.pageItems );
                }
        }
    }
}
unlock( activeDocument.layers );
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    mikeAtJBAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 28, 2016

    Thanks alexander and silly-v.

    Silly-V
    Silly-V
    Legend
    May 27, 2016

    Matter of fact that doesn't look like a locked sub-layer, it looks like a locked raster item!

    Alexander Ladygin
    Alexander Ladygin
    Inspiring
    May 27, 2016

    As an option:

    function unlockedSubLayers ( layers ) {
        var i = layers.length;
        if ( i ) {
            while ( i-- ) {
                layers.locked = false;
                unlockedSubLayers( layers.layers );
            }
        }
    }
    unlockedSubLayers( activeDocument.layers );
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    mikeAtJBAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 28, 2016

    I had tried something very similar and it didn't work.

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    mikeAtJBAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 28, 2016

    You're right. Could explain why my unlock function didn't work. New to javascript. How would I unlock a locked raster item?

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