Select only the text layers.

Question

Hello everyone, are you all right?Can a script select all text layers?If possible, please share.Thanks.

jazz-y · Accepted Answer

select all text layers, include layers in layerSets:

var AM = new ActionManager
    if (app.documents.length) selectTextLrs ()

function selectTextLrs() {
    var output = [],
        from = AM.getDocProperty('hasBackgroundLayer') ? 0 : 1,
        to = AM.getDocProperty('numberOfLayers')
        
        if (to) AM.deselectLayers ()
        
    for (var i = from; i <= to; i++) {
        if (AM.getLayerProperty('layerKind', i) == 3) AM.selectLayerByIndex (i,true)
    }
}

function ActionManager() {

    this.getDocProperty = function (property) {
        property = s2t(property)
        var ref = new ActionReference()
        ref.putProperty(s2t("property"), property)
        ref.putEnumerated(s2t("document"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"))
        return getDescValue(executeActionGet(ref), property)
    }

    this.getLayerProperty = function (property, index) {
        property = s2t(property)
        var ref = new ActionReference()
        ref.putProperty(s2t("property"), property)
        ref.putIndex(s2t("layer"), index)
        return getDescValue(executeActionGet(ref), property)
    }

    this.selectLayerByIndex = function (idx, addToSelection) {
        var desc = new ActionDescriptor()
        var ref = new ActionReference()
        ref.putIndex(s2t("layer"), idx)
        desc.putReference(s2t("null"), ref)
        if (addToSelection) desc.putEnumerated(s2t("selectionModifier"), s2t("addToSelectionContinuous"), s2t("addToSelection"))
        executeAction(s2t("select"), desc, DialogModes.NO);
    }

    this.deselectLayers = function () {
        var desc = new ActionDescriptor()
        var ref = new ActionReference()
        ref.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"))
        desc.putReference(s2t("null"), ref)
        executeAction(s2t("selectNoLayers"), desc, DialogModes.NO)
    }

    function getDescValue(desc, property) {

        switch (desc.getType(property)) {
            case DescValueType.OBJECTTYPE:
                return (desc.getObjectValue(property));
                break;
            case DescValueType.LISTTYPE:
                return desc.getList(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.REFERENCETYPE:
                return desc.getReference(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.BOOLEANTYPE:
                return desc.getBoolean(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.STRINGTYPE:
                return desc.getString(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.INTEGERTYPE:
                return desc.getInteger(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.LARGEINTEGERTYPE:
                return desc.getLargeInteger(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.DOUBLETYPE:
                return desc.getDouble(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.ALIASTYPE:
                return desc.getPath(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.CLASSTYPE:
                return desc.getClass(property);
                break;
            case DescValueType.UNITDOUBLE:
                return (desc.getUnitDoubleValue(property));
                break;
            case DescValueType.ENUMERATEDTYPE:
                return (t2s(desc.getEnumerationValue(property)));
                break;
            case DescValueType.RAWTYPE:
                var tempStr = desc.getData(property);
                var rawData = new Array();
                for (var tempi = 0; tempi < tempStr.length; tempi++) {
                    rawData[tempi] = tempStr.charCodeAt(tempi);
                }
                return rawData;
                break;
            default:
                break;
        };
    }

    function s2t(s) { return stringIDToTypeID(s) }
    function t2s(t) { return typeIDToStringID(t) }
}

ajabon grinsmith · Answer

If the layer structure was very simple, it worked with this script.

The operating conditions are
The text layer is not in a layer group,
There must be no more than one layer with the same name.
It is very troublesome because the group must be expanded on the layer panel to select the layer in the group. I don't want to do it as a volunteer ...

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var myLayers = doc.layers;
for(var i = 0; i < myLayers.length; i++){
    alert(myLayers[i].name);
    if(myLayers[i].kind == LayerKind.TEXT){
        selectFunc(myLayers[i].name);
        }
    else{
        deselectFunc(myLayers[i].name);
        }
    }

function selectFunc(name){
    var idslct = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
    var pepsi = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
    var google = new ActionReference();
    var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
    google.putName( idLyr, name );
    pepsi.putReference( idnull, google );
    var idselectionModifier = stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifier" );
    var idselectionModifierType = stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifierType" );
    var idaddToSelection = stringIDToTypeID( "addToSelection" );
    pepsi.putEnumerated( idselectionModifier, idselectionModifierType, idaddToSelection );
    var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" );
    pepsi.putBoolean( idMkVs, false );
    executeAction( idslct, pepsi, DialogModes.NO );
    }

function deselectFunc(name){
    var idslct = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
    var pepsi = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
    var google = new ActionReference();
    var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
    google.putName( idLyr, name );
    pepsi.putReference( idnull, google );
    var idselectionModifier = stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifier" );
    var idselectionModifierType = stringIDToTypeID( "selectionModifierType" );
    var idremoveFromSelection = stringIDToTypeID( "removeFromSelection" );
    pepsi.putEnumerated( idselectionModifier, idselectionModifierType, idremoveFromSelection );
    var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" );
    pepsi.putBoolean( idMkVs, false );
    executeAction( idslct, pepsi, DialogModes.NO );
    }

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