Action Descriptor layerKind different to object dom kind?

[Dariusz1989]

Hey

Perhaps some1 can help me out there.

I'm trying to figure out why action descriptor result is different to dom, or how to get the same result?

my results:

ActDescr : 

{"id":3,"name":"Brightness/Contrast 1","kind":2}
{"id":4,"name":"Levels 1","kind":2}
{"id":5,"name":"Curves 1","kind":2}
{"id":6,"name":"Exposure 1","kind":2}
{"id":7,"name":"Vibrance 1","kind":2}
{"id":8,"name":"Hue/Saturation 1","kind":2}
{"id":9,"name":"Color Balance 1","kind":2}
{"id":10,"name":"Black & White 1","kind":2}
{"id":11,"name":"Photo Filter 1","kind":2}
{"id":12,"name":"Channel Mixer 1","kind":2}
{"id":13,"name":"Color Lookup 1","kind":2}
{"id":14,"name":"Invert 1","kind":2}
{"id":15,"name":"Posterize 1","kind":2}
{"id":16,"name":"Threshold 1","kind":2}
{"id":17,"name":"Selective Color 1","kind":2}
{"id":18,"name":"Gradient Map 1","kind":2}

Doms : 
LayerKind.GRADIENTMAP 13 Gradient Map 1
LayerKind.SELECTIVECOLOR 11 Selective Color 1
LayerKind.THRESHOLD 15 Threshold 1
LayerKind.POSTERIZE 16 Posterize 1
LayerKind.INVERSION 14 Invert 1
LayerKind.COLORLOOKUP 24 Color Lookup 1
LayerKind.CHANNELMIXER 12 Channel Mixer 1
LayerKind.PHOTOFILTER 18 Photo Filter 1
LayerKind.BLACKANDWHITE 22 Black & White 1
LayerKind.COLORBALANCE 8 Color Balance 1
LayerKind.HUESATURATION 10 Hue/Saturation 1
LayerKind.VIBRANCE 23 Vibrance 1
LayerKind.EXPOSURE 19 Exposure 1
LayerKind.CURVES 7 Curves 1
LayerKind.LEVELS 6 Levels 1
LayerKind.BRIGHTNESSCONTRAST 9 Brightness/Contrast 1
LayerKind.NORMAL 1 Layer 1

using this to get kind...

desc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("layerKind"))

It returns all as 2... 

Did I mix up something here?

Regards

Dariusz

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Does this link help:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-to-check-layer-kind-using-javascr...

[Dariusz1989]

@Stephen_A_Marsh Sadly no, it returns kind but not the same kind 😕

Will keep digging, there must be a way to get the same type int/str/enum from it.

[Dariusz1989 · Accepted solution]

It appears however that his answer gets me somewhat closer to where I need to be 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/get-layerkind-of-a-specific-layer-i-g...

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Good find, yes, AM code is often more complicated than DOM.

It took a bit of work for me to differentiate between layer sets, frames and artboards, as they are all the same thing with DOM, it needs AM to drill in deeper.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/custom-script-for-renaming-artboards-...