How can I return a list of just layer transform properties?

Question

Is there a process or built in function to get all of the gui settable properties for a layer object.

Here is an example

I have 2d solid layer and I want to get a list of just the transform properties that can be accessed in the AE gui.

anchorpoint

position

rotation

scale

etc...

If I just try to iterate over the object like the below I get a ton of properties that I don't need and not the ones I want.

for (p in layer){

$.writeln(p);

// or

$.writeln(p.transform);

}

Paul Tuersley · Answer

Unfortunately there is no direct way of getting the visible properties, but you can do something like this:

var activeItem = app.project.activeItem;

var layer = activeItem.layer(1);

var visible;

trans = layer.property("ADBE Transform Group");

for (var x = 1; x <=trans.numProperties; x++) {

visible = true;

try {

// try selecting the property

trans.property(x).selected = true;

} catch (e) {

// it will cause an error if not visible

visible = false;

}

if (visible) {

trans.property(x).selected = false;

$.writeln(trans.property(x).name);

}

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