Change 'layer via cut' behavior to keep original layer selected

Back to the original topic, the two-step action that can be recorded to automate the Layer > New > Layer via Cut and then selecting the relative backwards/previous layer:

OPT/ALT [

Is the relative keyboard shortcut to select the previous/background layer (left square bracket), as one does not wish to record an absolute or explicit layer name into the action.

This action can have a function keyboard shortcut applied in the action panel. Or you can reference the action in a script, which gives one more flexibility in selecting a keyboard shortcut.

https://prepression.blogspot.com/2016/11/photoshop-scripting-actions.html

While purely scripted solution could be written as follows:

cutToLayer();

function cutToLayer() {
	var s2t = function (s) {
		return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
	};


	executeAction(s2t("cutToLayer"), undefined, DialogModes.NO);
}

select(false);

function select(makeVisible) {
	var c2t = function (s) {
		return app.charIDToTypeID(s);
	};

	var s2t = function (s) {
		return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
	};

	var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
	var list = new ActionList();
	var reference = new ActionReference();

	reference.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("backwardEnum"));
	descriptor.putReference(c2t("null"), reference);
	descriptor.putBoolean(s2t("makeVisible"), makeVisible);
	list.putInteger(8);
	descriptor.putList(s2t("layerID"), list);
	executeAction(s2t("select"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
}