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How to change the order of open documents for an action?

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October 6, 2021
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Is there a way to make a specific document "previouce" one for an action execution? It seems Phs consider the documents in order of their opening . So if I execute an action that create a copy of a documnt and then go to "previous" one and I happen to have another file opened some time after the the original doc where I have started my action execution the action returns to wrong document. Is there a way to change that order somehow without doing save, close and open again my initial doc?

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Correct answer jazz-y

another way (all-in-one script):

#target photoshop

/*
<javascriptresource>
<name>Target document</name>

<eventid>a4a27371-cedc-4af8-a6d1-f25765eca0cb</eventid>
<enableinfo>true</enableinfo>
<terminology><![CDATA[<< /Version 1 
                         /Events << 
                          /a4a27371-cedc-4af8-a6d1-f25765eca0cb [(Target document)<<
                          /select [(Mode) /string]
                          >>] 
                         >> 
                      >> ]]></terminology>
</javascriptresource>
*/

var s2t = stringIDToTypeID,
    isCancelled = false,
    UUID = 'a4a27371-cedc-4af8-a6d1-f25765eca0cb',
    id = null;

const REMEMBER = 'remebmer current document',
    SELECT = "select remembered document";

try { d = getCustomOptions(UUID) } catch (e) { }
if (d != undefined) id = d.getInteger(s2t('documentID'))

if (!app.playbackParameters.count) {
    var w = buildWindow(), result = w.show()
    switch (result) {
        case 0: saveSettings(result, true, true); break;
        case 1: selectDocumentByID(id, true); saveSettings(result, false, true); break;
        default: isCancelled = true;
    }
}
else {
    var d = app.playbackParameters,
        mode = d.getString(s2t('select'));
    if (app.playbackDisplayDialogs == DialogModes.ALL) {
        var w = buildWindow(mode == SELECT), result = w.show()
        if (result == 2) { isCancelled = true } else {
            if (result) {
                selectDocumentByID(id)
                saveSettings(result, false, true)
            } else {
                saveSettings(result, true, true)
            }
        }
    }

    if (app.playbackDisplayDialogs != DialogModes.ALL) {
        if (mode == SELECT) selectDocumentByID(id) else {
            saveSettings(0, true, false)
        }
    }
}

isCancelled ? 'cancel' : undefined

function buildWindow(sel) {
    var u = undefined,
        d = new Window("dialog {text: 'Target document' }"),
        dl = d.add("dropdownlist", u, u, { items: [REMEMBER, SELECT] }),
        g = d.add("group{orientation : 'row'}"),
        bnOk = g.add("button {text:'Ok'}", u, u, { name: "ok" }),
        bnCancel = g.add("button {text : 'Cancel'}", u, u, { name: "cancel" });
    dl.selection = sel != undefined ? sel : 0;
    bnOk.onClick = function () { w.close(dl.selection.index) }
    return d;
}

function saveSettings(mode, renewId, renewMode) {
    if (renewId) putCustomOptions(UUID, getDocumentID(), false);
    if (renewMode) {
        (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putString(s2t('select'), mode ? SELECT : REMEMBER);
        playbackParameters = d;
    }

}

function selectDocumentByID(id, silentMode) {
    if (id) {
        (r = new ActionReference()).putIdentifier(s2t('document'), id);
        (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r);
        try { executeAction(s2t('select'), d, DialogModes.NO) } catch (e) { if (!silentMode) alert('Remembered document is not avaliable!') }
    }
    else { alert('No remembered document!') }
}

function getDocumentID() {
    (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('documentID'));
    r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
    return executeActionGet(r);
}

J

jazz-yCorrect answer

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another way (all-in-one script):

#target photoshop

/*
<javascriptresource>
<name>Target document</name>

<eventid>a4a27371-cedc-4af8-a6d1-f25765eca0cb</eventid>
<enableinfo>true</enableinfo>
<terminology><![CDATA[<< /Version 1 
                         /Events << 
                          /a4a27371-cedc-4af8-a6d1-f25765eca0cb [(Target document)<<
                          /select [(Mode) /string]
                          >>] 
                         >> 
                      >> ]]></terminology>
</javascriptresource>
*/

var s2t = stringIDToTypeID,
    isCancelled = false,
    UUID = 'a4a27371-cedc-4af8-a6d1-f25765eca0cb',
    id = null;

const REMEMBER = 'remebmer current document',
    SELECT = "select remembered document";

try { d = getCustomOptions(UUID) } catch (e) { }
if (d != undefined) id = d.getInteger(s2t('documentID'))

if (!app.playbackParameters.count) {
    var w = buildWindow(), result = w.show()
    switch (result) {
        case 0: saveSettings(result, true, true); break;
        case 1: selectDocumentByID(id, true); saveSettings(result, false, true); break;
        default: isCancelled = true;
    }
}
else {
    var d = app.playbackParameters,
        mode = d.getString(s2t('select'));
    if (app.playbackDisplayDialogs == DialogModes.ALL) {
        var w = buildWindow(mode == SELECT), result = w.show()
        if (result == 2) { isCancelled = true } else {
            if (result) {
                selectDocumentByID(id)
                saveSettings(result, false, true)
            } else {
                saveSettings(result, true, true)
            }
        }
    }

    if (app.playbackDisplayDialogs != DialogModes.ALL) {
        if (mode == SELECT) selectDocumentByID(id) else {
            saveSettings(0, true, false)
        }
    }
}

isCancelled ? 'cancel' : undefined

function buildWindow(sel) {
    var u = undefined,
        d = new Window("dialog {text: 'Target document' }"),
        dl = d.add("dropdownlist", u, u, { items: [REMEMBER, SELECT] }),
        g = d.add("group{orientation : 'row'}"),
        bnOk = g.add("button {text:'Ok'}", u, u, { name: "ok" }),
        bnCancel = g.add("button {text : 'Cancel'}", u, u, { name: "cancel" });
    dl.selection = sel != undefined ? sel : 0;
    bnOk.onClick = function () { w.close(dl.selection.index) }
    return d;
}

function saveSettings(mode, renewId, renewMode) {
    if (renewId) putCustomOptions(UUID, getDocumentID(), false);
    if (renewMode) {
        (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putString(s2t('select'), mode ? SELECT : REMEMBER);
        playbackParameters = d;
    }

}

function selectDocumentByID(id, silentMode) {
    if (id) {
        (r = new ActionReference()).putIdentifier(s2t('document'), id);
        (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r);
        try { executeAction(s2t('select'), d, DialogModes.NO) } catch (e) { if (!silentMode) alert('Remembered document is not avaliable!') }
    }
    else { alert('No remembered document!') }
}

function getDocumentID() {
    (r = new ActionReference()).putProperty(s2t('property'), p = s2t('documentID'));
    r.putEnumerated(s2t('document'), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'));
    return executeActionGet(r);
}

K

kirkr5689Author

Inspiring

Thanks jazz-y. Works perfectly fine too

J

jazz-y

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K

kirkr5689Author

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That doesn't work because in action panel Photoshop always record previous document or document-2 or -3 etc in order those documents were opened.

I basically want to make a collapsed/merged down copy of a document then go back to original and save selection as new channel to that copy without adding same channel in the oiginal. It works only if you didn't open any third file after you opened the original .

I also don't want it to use specifically named documents since I need it to work for any file .

As of using script you mean writing a javascript , right? I am affraid it's beyond my knowlege. I just hoped there is a way to change the order Photoshop counts open document . Like the order docs are stacked in Phs window instead ?

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

If you want to go back to the first document open, use this script. Just save it as a plain text file with the extension .jsx. Then you can create an action and record playing this script, in that action. If you want the second document, replace the app.documents[0] with [1].

#target photoshop
try {app.activeDocument = app.documents[0]}
catch(e){};

JJMack

Community Expert

In Actions you have found out you need to know what is going on and be careful using previous and next document when you add document into Photoshop. With scripting you can verify you are in the right document be by checking the document's name.

JJMack

Chuck Uebele

Community Expert

I would agree with JJ on using scripts. You can open doc, assign them to a variable that will be easy to refer to. However, if you're doing lots of work between needing to run an action or script, you would need to write the variables to a text file, for later reference. Maybe a global variable might work, but I haven't tried that.

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