Activate Layers from a specific folder

[Agustín5E13]

I need to create a function to turn on layers from an specific folder when button pressed.

Here is a screenshoot to make it more easy to understand it. 

Thanks in advance!

[Myra Ferguson]

You can create an action to show an unselected layer or group.

You can also use Layer Comps to set the visiblity, position, appearance, and Layer Comp Selection for Smart Objects. Here's more info on Layer Comps:

Layer comps

[r-bin]

An extremely simple option for your case.

var set = activeDocument.layerSets.getByName("Head");

for (var i = 0; i < set.layers.length; i++) set.layers[i].visible = true;

[Agustín5E13]

Thanks for taking care of this issue! It worked but It turns all "Head" layers inside the group at the same time. Is it possible to turn only one layer at when clicking?

[Lumigraphics]

If multiple layers have the same name, how would the script know which one to show?

[r-bin]

"One layer", which one is it?

[Agustín5E13]

My original idea was to change active layer when clicking button (like the attached GIF). I need to create a simple avatar creator, so I will have multiple faces, ears, hairs, etc. It's my first time with PSD scripting. I don't know if it is a better solution for this. Thanks!

[r-bin · Accepted solution]

var set = activeDocument.layerSets.getByName("Head");

for (var i = 0; i < set.layers.length; i++) if (set.layers[i].visible) break;

i = (i+1) % set.layers.length;

for (var n = 0; n < set.layers.length; n++) 
    {
    var viz = n==i;
    if (set.layers[n].visible != viz) set.layers[n].visible = viz;
    }

[Agustín5E13]

You are awesome! Thank you so much!!

[Kukurykus]

Or something completely ridiculous:

head = activeDocument.layerSets.getByName('Head'); lrs = [].slice.call(ntve = head.artLayers)
function v(v) {return (eval(({1: 'lyr', 2: 'lrs.shift()', 3: 'ntve[0]'})[v]).visible ^= 1) + 1}
while(lrs.length) (lyr = lrs.shift()).visible && v(1) && ((lrs.length && v(2)) || v(3))

[Agustín5E13]

It worked too! Thanks

[Bojan Živković]

By the way, folder inside Ps document is called layer group.

[josephlavine]

I suggest you take a look at Photoshop's Layer Comp feature.

Layer comps

warmly/j

[Kukurykus]

Sep 27, 2021