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Simonetos The Greek
Simonetos The Greek
Inspiring
July 10, 2019
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How to put multiple values into an array?

  • July 10, 2019
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With this part of code, I am trying to put all found layer names (layersData) into dropdownlist2_array, but instead of a list with names, I get one line with all names!!! Any idea what am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance!!!

var layerNames = [];
for (var i = 0; i < layersData.length; i++)
{
    var layerName;
    layerName = layersData.name;
    layerNames.push(layerName);
};
var dropdownlist2_array = [layerNames]; 
var dropdownlist2 = panel2.add("dropdownlist", undefined, dropdownlist2_array); 
dropdownlist2.selection = -1; 
dropdownlist2.text = "Layer Name:";

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Correct answer SuperMerlin
var w = new Window("dialog","test",undefined,{closeButton: true});
var layerNames = [];  
var layersData=activeDocument.layers;
for (var i = 0; i < layersData.length; i++)  {  
    layerNames.push(layersData.name);  
}     
var dropdownlist2 = w.add("dropdownlist", undefined, layerNames);   
dropdownlist2.selection = 0;   
dropdownlist2.text = "Layer Name:"; 
w.show();

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SuperMerlin
SuperMerlinCorrect answer
Inspiring
July 10, 2019
var w = new Window("dialog","test",undefined,{closeButton: true});
var layerNames = [];  
var layersData=activeDocument.layers;
for (var i = 0; i < layersData.length; i++)  {  
    layerNames.push(layersData.name);  
}     
var dropdownlist2 = w.add("dropdownlist", undefined, layerNames);   
dropdownlist2.selection = 0;   
dropdownlist2.text = "Layer Name:"; 
w.show();
    Simonetos The Greek
    Simonetos The GreekAuthor
    Inspiring
    July 10, 2019

    One more question... What should I do If I want to avoid duplicates? Thank you for your time!!!

    SuperMerlin
    SuperMerlin
    Inspiring
    July 10, 2019
    var w = new Window("dialog","test",undefined,{closeButton: true});
    var layerNames = [];  
    var layersData=activeDocument.layers;
    for (var i = 0; i < layersData.length; i++)  {  
        layerNames.push(layersData.name);  
    }    
    layerNames = UniqueSortedList(layerNames);
    var dropdownlist2 = w.add("dropdownlist", undefined, layerNames);   
    dropdownlist2.selection = 0;   
    dropdownlist2.text = "Layer Name:"; 
    w.show();
    function UniqueSortedList(ArrayName){
    var unduped = new Object;
    for (var i = 0; i < ArrayName.length; i++) {   
    unduped[ArrayName] = ArrayName;
    }
    var uniques = new Array;for (var k in unduped) {
       uniques.push(unduped);}
    return uniques.sort();
    }
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