P: Align to Canvas Ignored in Action Playback

[Stephen Marsh]

Version 22.5.6 release, however, this can also be reproduced in other versions such as 23.2.2, Mac OS 11.6.4.

Steps to reproduce:

* Applicable content on a layer (pixel data, text etc)

* No selection

1) Record a new action

2) Select move tool (it would be nice if an action recorded this step, but that is a separate feature request)

3) Click the toolbar icon ... align & distribute 

4) Set the align to value: canvas (this step is not shown in the action step as recorded)

5) Align as required, X and or Y axis

6) Stop recording

7) Using the move tool, adjust the position or undo/step back in history to before the alignment/s

8) Set the align & distribute value: selection

9) Play the action

Result: An error "The command align is not currently available" is reported.

This indicates that there is a problem with the recorded step 4. I know that this step is recorded into the action, even if it is not shown in the interface.

1) I recorded the actions and converted them to a javascript using xtools. It is clearly shown in the code via a boolean value if align to canvas is true or false.

2) This boolean value is also recorded by the scripting listener plugin and works from a script.

desc1.putBoolean(sTID("alignToCanvas"), true);

desc1.putBoolean(sTID("alignToCanvas"), false);

The original topic can be found here for reference:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-can-i-record-layer-alignment-base...

[J453]

Thanks Stephen, I've asked engineering to take a look.

[Stephen Marsh]

Thanks Jeffrey!