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KeithGilbert
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December 20, 2010
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[JS CS5] How to get the selected state of a multi-state object

  • December 20, 2010
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Does anyone know if there is a way to identify which state of a multi-state object is selected?

You can select individual states of a multi-state object in the States panel.

In the Object Model,

myState = app.selection[0].states.item(0);

myState.active = true;

...displays the first state in the mso. But I can't figure out how to identify which state is currently visible. This doesn't seem to be possible in the object model, unless I'm missing something. Any ideas?

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Correct answer tomaxxi

Hey!

Take a look at "activeStateIndex" of MSO.

Hope that helps.

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tomaxxi

http://indisnip.wordpress.com/

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tomaxxiCorrect answer
Inspiring
December 20, 2010

Hey!

Take a look at "activeStateIndex" of MSO.

Hope that helps.

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tomaxxi

http://indisnip.wordpress.com/

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KeithGilbertAuthor
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December 20, 2010

Awesome, thanks Marijan! I was looking at the wrong object all along: The State object instead of the MultiStateObject!

tomaxxi
tomaxxi
Inspiring
December 20, 2010

You are welcome Keith!

This also can help:

if(app.selection.length == 1 && app.selection[0] instanceof MultiStateObject){
    var myMSO = app.selection[0];
    alert("Selected state index: " + myMSO.activeStateIndex + "\r" + 
    "State name: " + myMSO.states.item(myMSO.activeStateIndex).name);
}

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tomaxxi

http://indisnip.wordpress.com/

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