Help script select spot Healing Brush Tool with "darken" mode in Photoshop

[Hiepz]

Hello!
Can someone help me with a script to select the Spot Healing Brush Tool with the "darken" mode in Photoshop? I have been able to select this tool as shown below, but I still can't switch it to the "darken" mode. Thank you very much!

var idslct = charIDToTypeID("slct");

var desc8 = new ActionDescriptor();

var idnull = charIDToTypeID("null");

var ref1 = new ActionReference();

var idspotHealingBrushTool = stringIDToTypeID("spotHealingBrushTool");

ref1.putClass(idspotHealingBrushTool);

desc8.putReference(idnull, ref1);

executeAction(idslct, desc8, DialogModes.NO);

[r-bin · Accepted solution]

Run this code after the code for selecting the desired tool. I can't test its functionality because I'm using an outdated version of PS, on which it doesn't work.

try {
    var r = new ActionReference();
    r.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID("tool"));
    r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("application"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum"));

    var ret = executeActionGet(r);

    var options = ret.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID("currentToolOptions"));           
    var tool = ret.getEnumerationType(stringIDToTypeID("tool"));

    options.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("mode"), stringIDToTypeID("blendMode"), stringIDToTypeID("darken"));

    var r = new ActionReference();
    r.putClass(tool);

    var d = new ActionDescriptor();
    d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), r);
    d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("to"), stringIDToTypeID("null"), options);

    executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("set"), d, DialogModes.NO);
} 
catch(e) { alert(e); }

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

@r-bin – I can confirm that your code does correctly set the tool blend mode to Darken.

P.S. On a related note, other topics including basic tool selection can be found here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/script-call-dodge-amp-burn/m-p/10776697

https://www.ps-scripts.com/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=11342&p=64930

Here is a topic where opacity is set:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem/how-to-set-current-tool-opacity-to-100/td-p/85846...

Dodge/Burn tool with various options:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/script-call-dodge-amp-burn/td-p/10776697

Clone tool options:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/is-there-a-way-to-assign-a-keyboard-s...

[c.pfaffenbichler]

@Stephen_A_Marsh , the last link (regarding the Clone Stamp Tool) seems to be the one you already posted regarding the Dodge and Burn Tools. 

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

@c.pfaffenbichler 

Thanks! I have corrected the link.

[Hiepz]

Thank you very much, the code you provided has worked.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please remember to mark a »Correct Answer« as such. 

[Hiepz]

Thank you for the reminder! I'll make sure to mark the correct answer.