Identifying the order of the active layer

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August 11, 2020
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Good afternoon everyone!
If the active layer is the 3rd in order, then do something.
It would be something I'm looking for. Thank you!

Actions and scripting

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Correct answer jazz-y

Yeah, at least in AM code the itemIndex gives the position in the stack while the identifier is a unique number.

if(app.activeDocument.layers[app.activeDocument.layers.length- 3] == app.activeDocument.activeLayer) {alert ("OK!")} else {alert ("false")}

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

See the following discussion, it will give you an idea on how to manipulate the layer order. It has code snippet for handling cases of layer groups as well

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/how-do-i-reverse-this-layers-naming-loop/td-p/11280626?page=1

-Manan

Bojan Živković11378569

Community Expert

You can't accomplish that task using conditional actions which has limited set of conditions but not one that you need.

Shulipa BernadAuthor

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It is a pity that I cannot achieve such conditions. I am grateful for your attention.

I have achieved this so far: I think that would be enough.

if(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.id == 3){alert ("OK!")} else{alert ("false")}

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Have you tested that piece of code yet?

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Are you familiar with JavaScript?

Shulipa BernadAuthor

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Minimum knowledge possible. Any suggestions friend?

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