i need to get number of angle from drop shadow

[skillful_WhirlwindB82C]

i need to get number of angle from drop shadow ..i`m making this but i get 90° everytime ..can you help me?

         angle =  desc.getDouble( stringIDToTypeID('localLightingAngle'));

[JJMack]

How was the object  "desc" set? If you show that code perhaps r-bin can help.

[jazz-y · Accepted solution]

You get localLightingAngle (i.e. angle without "use global light" option)

When the "use global light" option is turned on, FX panel shown value from globalLight value of layer, i.e.:

function s2t(s) {return stringIDToTypeID(s)}

var ref = new ActionReference()  
ref.putEnumerated( s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum")) 
 
$.writeln ("Global angle is turned on: " + executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(s2t("layerEffects")).getObjectValue (s2t("dropShadow")).getBoolean(s2t("useGlobalAngle"))) 
$.writeln ("Local angle of dropShadow FX: " + executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(s2t("layerEffects")).getObjectValue (s2t("dropShadow")).getUnitDoubleValue(s2t("localLightingAngle")))
$.writeln ("Global angle of layer FX: " + executeActionGet(ref).getUnitDoubleValue(s2t("globalAngle")))

[Kukurykus]

Make it to work faster by using:

ref.putProperty(stringIDToTypeID('property'), stringIDToTypeID('layerEffects'))

after:

var ref = new ActionReference()

then before last line such 3 lines use again but with 'layerEffects' replaced by 'globalAngle'

btw anyone know why I can see coloured code during posting (when set to JavaScript language) but when I visit the topic with the colored code, it only flicks for one second to turn into grey?