How to trigger Phtoshop menu item: Arrange > 6-up, using Javascript/Extendscript.

[ManS22]

I found this Application.runMenuItem() method but unable to find the menu ID for Arrange > 6-up. I know we can use stringIDToTypeID() but again for this I need the string ID for 6-up which I am unable find. So can any one provide me either menuID or stringID for 6-up menu item in Arrange menu or may be a working Javascript/ExtendScript to trigger 6-up menu item?

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

stringIDToTypeID("6upTile")

[ManS22]

Thank you very much for your help. May I ask where I can find these IDs, I mean is there any documentation listing all these as I checked in Scripting Guide and also Scripting References but can't find.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Not sure, I actually used xbytor’s »ActionToJavascript.jsx« to translate an Action of the command. 

[ManS22]

Thanks for the information. It seems very useful for any Photoshop extension developer.

[Kukurykus]

Record it to ScriptListenerJS.log by clicking Insert Menu Item from Actions panel dropdown menu.

[ManS22]

Kukurykus thank you very much its working like a charm :).

At first I stumbled upon how to use it since the 'Insert Menu Item' menu item in Action panel was disabled. Then I created a new Action and while the action was selected I found that the menu item was now enabled. After clicking 'Insert Menu Item' I got a dialog saying none menu item selected, so I selected a Photoshop menu item and clicked OK. This caused addition of the menu item as action. Finally I checked the ScriptListenerJS.log file and found the stringID of the selected Photoshop menu item.

[PECourtejoie]

Kukurykus, C_ do you consider it normal having to use such techniques, or are they hacks/workarounds? Shouldn't a software provider that wants a healthy ecosystem provide those in a sdk/scripting guide?

[Kukurykus]

It never was normal, but for nearly 20 years scripting guides are really not good refreshed, for new releases. I don't even know if SDK was ever updated. There should be better team to manage them.

[Davide_Barranca]

This is the reason why I wrote, and I keep up-to-date, a book on Photoshop Scripting!

Shameless plug aside, PS Scripting has two domains: DOM based, and ActionManager – the latter being a superset of the former, but way less user-friendly. To be fair, PS is 30 years old and over time it has accumulated layers upon layers of different features, and not all of them are perfectly coherent with each other.