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Cycle Through Layer Color Labels - Backward v2024.jsx
NOTE: Intended for use with a custom keyboard shortcut when the script is installed into the ...Presets/Scripts folder
/*
Cycle Through Layer Color Labels - Backward v2024.jsx
v1.0 - 26th September 2024, Stephen Marsh
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/can-i-set-a-hotkey-for-color-label/td-p/14812505
NOTE: Intended for use with a custom keyboard shortcut when the script is installed into the ...Presets/Scripts folder
*/
#target photoshop
// Ensure that version 2024 or later is being used
var versionNumber = app.version.split(".");
var versionCheck = parseInt(versionNumber[0]);
if (versionCheck < 25) {
alert("You must use Photoshop 2024 or later to use this script!");
} else {
// Main Execution: Get current layer color and determine its index
try {
// Get the current layer color
var activeLayerColor = getLayerColour();
//alert("Current color is: " + activeLayerColor); // Log the current color
if (activeLayerColor !== null) {
// Proceed to set the next color
setPreviousLayerLabelCol(activeLayerColor);
} else {
//alert("Error: Couldn't retrieve the layer's label color.");
}
} catch (e) {
//alert("Error in main execution: " + e.message);
}
// Function to get the active layer color label
function getLayerColour() {
try {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt"));
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
if (desc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID('color'))) {
var colorID = desc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID('color'));
return typeIDToStringID(colorID); // Return color label as a string
} else {
return "none"; // If no color label is found
}
} catch (e) {
//alert("Error retrieving layer color: " + e.message);
return null;
}
}
// Function to determine index of the current color and set the next color
function setPreviousLayerLabelCol(currentColor) {
// Define colorList as an array (original and new colors)
var colorList = [
"none",
"red",
"orange",
"yellowColor",
"grain", // Green
"seafoam", // New in 2024
"blue",
"indigo", // New in 2024
"magenta", // New in 2024
"fuchsia", // New in 2024
"violet",
"gray" // Gray
];
try {
// Debugging the current color
//alert("Current color before lookup: " + currentColor);
// Manually find the index of the current color
var currentIndex = -1;
for (var i = 0; i < colorList.length; i++) {
if (colorList[i] === currentColor) {
currentIndex = i;
break;
}
}
// If the current color is not found, set index to the last color
if (currentIndex === -1) {
//alert("Error: Current color not found in the list. Setting to 'none'.");
currentIndex = 0; // Default to 'none' if not found
} else {
// Set to the previous color in the list (backward loop)
currentIndex = (currentIndex - 1 + colorList.length) % colorList.length; // Loop back to the end
}
var nextColor = colorList[currentIndex];
//alert("Setting new color to: " + nextColor); // Log the new color
// Apply the new layer label color
if (!app.activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer) {
setLayerLabelCol(nextColor);
}
} catch (e) {
//alert("Error determining color index: " + e.message);
}
}
// Function to set the new layer label color
function setLayerLabelCol(labelCol) {
var c2t = function (s) {
return app.charIDToTypeID(s);
};
var s2t = function (s) {
return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
};
var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
var reference = new ActionReference();
reference.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
descriptor.putReference(c2t("null"), reference);
// Create a descriptor for the color
var colorDescriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
try {
// Use stringIDToTypeID for the new colors
var colorID = stringIDToTypeID(labelCol); // Convert label to ID
// Check if the colorID is valid
if (colorID === undefined) {
//alert("Invalid color ID for: " + labelCol);
return; // Exit if the color ID is not valid
}
// Debugging color ID
//alert("Color ID for '" + labelCol + "': " + colorID);
colorDescriptor.putEnumerated(s2t("color"), s2t("color"), colorID);
// Apply the new color label to the layer
descriptor.putObject(s2t("to"), s2t("layer"), colorDescriptor);
executeAction(s2t("set"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
//alert("Successfully set layer color to: " + labelCol);
} catch (e) {
//alert("Error applying color: " + labelCol + ", " + e.message);
}
}
}
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