How to get the visible bounds of a layer set (group)?

nvkzNemo‌, matias.kiviniemi‌, thank you for your help!

I'm almost done with my script, however I realized I actually need to apply all masks to the layers before getting their bounds, since simple intersection of the masks bounds with the layer bounds doesn't give accurate results when there is more complicated layer content.

I managed to come up with functions to rasterize the vector mask and to apply the raster mask.

However, first I need to check if the masks aren't disabled (by shift-clicking them in Photoshop, bringing a big red "X" on them).

So I came up with these functions:

function vectorMaskEnabled( _layerID ){  
     var ref = new ActionReference();            
     ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), _layerID);  
     return executeActionGet( ref ).getBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( 'vectorMaskEnabled' ) );  
}

function rasterMaskEnabled( _layerID ){  
     var ref = new ActionReference();  
     ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), _layerID);  
     return executeActionGet( ref ).getBoolean( stringIDToTypeID( 'userMaskEnabled' ) );  
}  

For whatever reason, the rasterMaskEnabled function works, but the vectorMaskEnabled does not. It seems like "vectorMaskEnabled" is always true when there is a vector mask, regardless of its state (enabled or disabled), where "userMaskEnabled" works as expected.

Any idea why is that happening and how can I fix it? I just need to know if the vector mask is enabled or not.

I have to say, scripting for Photoshop is really not a pleasant experience. All that action manager stuff with the ScriptListener plugin is very annoying.

This function will return the active layers ID

function getLayerID() {
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
    return executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("layerID"));
}

This function will return the layer bounds by ID

function getLayerBoundsByID(_id) {
    var myObj = {};
    var ref = new ActionReference();
    ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), _id);
    var bounds = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("bounds"));
    myObj.top = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("top"));
    myObj.left = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("left"));
    myObj.right = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("right"));
    myObj.bottom = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("bottom"));
    return myObj
}

This will may be working, but only if group has mask (vector or raster)

var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
var bounds = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("bounds"));
var top = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("top"));
var left = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("left"));
var right = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("right"));
var bottom = bounds.getDouble(stringIDToTypeID("bottom"));


alert("Top: " + top + "\nLeft: " + left + "\nRight: " + right + "\nBottom: " + bottom);

I've checked in the CC 2015

SuperMerlin‌ thank you, that answers the bonus question (duh, silly me...).

nvkzNemo‌ thank you, that's a working solution, I tested it, it does the job. However, I would still like an alternative solution that doesn't require such a potentially heavy operation like the group merging. Any idea how I can get a LayerSet's mask bounds? Even though my idea of bounds intersection would require more complicated coding, it should ultimately be much faster.

alert(activeDocument.activeLayer.typename);

1. Merge group

2. Get bounds

3. Undo (Step backward in history)