How can I move a layer in CS3?

[_devin71_]

I'm sure this is a stupid question, but I've looked around and can't seem to figure out how to do this - I need to move a layer from one location to another.

layer.translate won't work, as the move-to location needs to be absolute.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Paul Riggott]

Heres one way of doing it.

var doc = activeDocument;



var oldLayer = doc.artLayers[4]; //layer to move



var actLayer = doc.artLayers[0]; //place before this layer



oldLayer.move( actLayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE );

[_devin71_]

Thanks for the quick reply Paul!

I guess I should have been more clear in my original post. I'm trying to change the location of a layer on the canvas.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the move method changes the order in the list of layers?

[Paul Riggott]

Yes you are right, but translate should work.
To move to an absolute location you would have to get the layer bounds and work out where to translate to.

var LB = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds;

activeDocument.activeLayer.translate(X,Y);

[_devin71_]

Ok, great. Seems like it's a workaround for something you should be able to do more easily. I figured something like this could work, but wasn't sure how to access the bounds of a layer.

Thanks again,
Devin