Minimize panel group?

[Damon D Bell]

Is there a way to minimize a panel group (not close it). I have a script that takes color samples. This always opens up the info panel group and leaves it open.

The follow script closes it but that is not what I want to do.

app.runMenuItem (stringIDToTypeID ("closeInfoPanelGroup"));

Basically, I want to do what the highlighted button in the screen shot does.

[Damon D Bell]

OK, so I found it in on a post in another website. Works great.

app.runMenuItem (stringIDToTypeID ("toggleInfoPalette")); 

[Pedro Cortez Marques]

Hi,

The only problem is that it never knows if it is already visible or invisible.

This solves that (the code is old and is not mine - sorry I can't remember its author).

The advantage (with some errors in some of the panels) is that you can use this over the panels:

//
// this is the full list of all palettes
//~ Tools
//~ Pen Options
//~ Actions
//~ Styles
//~ Swatches
//~ Histogram
//~ Info
//~ Paths
//~ Tool Presets
//~ Color
//~ Channels
//~ Layers
//~ Layer Comps
//~ Timeline
//~ Clone Source
//~ Measurement Log
//~ History
//~ Navigator
//~ Character
//~ Paragraph
//~ Character Styles
//~ Paragraph Styles
//~ Glyphs
//~ Notes
//~ 3D
//~ Adjustments
//~ Properties
//~ Modifier Keys
//~ Brush
//~ Brush Presets
//~ Device Preview
//~ Libraries
// for example I want to open the Paths pallete if closed:
//~ openClosePSPanels("Info", true);
//~ // for example I want to close the Paths pallete if opened and it has focus:
openClosePSPanels("Info", false); // this only works if the Path panel has the focus
function openClosePSPanels(name, visibility) {
    var panelList = listPanels();
    for ( var a in panelList ) {
        if ( panelList[0].toString() == name) {
            if (panelList[1].toString()  !=  visibility.toString()) {
                if (panelList[0].toString() == "Notes") name = "Annotation"; // exception on Notes palette
                try {
                    app.runMenuItem ( stringIDToTypeID ("toggle" + name.replace(/\s/g,'') + "Palette") );
                } catch (e) {}
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    function listPanels() {
        var ref = new ActionReference();
        Info = new Array();
        ref.putProperty( stringIDToTypeID("property"), stringIDToTypeID("panelList") );
        ref.putEnumerated( stringIDToTypeID("application"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum") );
        var desc = executeActionGet(ref).getList( stringIDToTypeID("panelList") );
        for( var a = 0; a<desc.count; a++ ) {
            var Name = desc.getObjectValue(a).getString( stringIDToTypeID("name") );
            var Vis = desc.getObjectValue(a).getBoolean( stringIDToTypeID("visible") );
            var Ob = desc.getObjectValue(a).getBoolean( stringIDToTypeID("obscured") );
            var ID = desc.getObjectValue(a).getString( stringIDToTypeID("ID") );
            Info.push( [[Name], [Vis], [Ob], [ID]] );
        }
        return Info;
    }
}
// ARRAY of Palettes:
//~ Tools,true,false,panelid.static.toolbar
//~ Brush Options,true,false,panelid.static.options
//~ Actions,false,false,panelid.static.actions
//~ Styles,false,false,panelid.static.styles
//~ Swatches,false,false,panelid.static.swatches
//~ Histogram,false,false,panelid.static.histogram
//~ Info,false,false,panelid.static.info
//~ Paths,false,false,panelid.static.paths
//~ Tool Presets,false,false,panelid.static.toolpresets
//~ Color,false,false,panelid.static.picker
//~ Channels,false,false,panelid.static.channels
//~ Layers,true,false,panelid.static.layers
//~ Layer Comps,false,false,panelid.static.comps
//~ Timeline,false,false,panelid.static.animation
//~ Clone Source,false,false,panelid.static.clonesource
//~ Measurement Log,true,false,panelid.static.measurement
//~ History,true,false,panelid.static.history
//~ Navigator,false,false,panelid.static.navigator
//~ Character,false,false,panelid.static.textcharacter
//~ Paragraph,false,false,panelid.static.textparagraph
//~ Character Styles,false,false,panelid.static.textcharstyle
//~ Paragraph Styles,false,false,panelid.static.textparastyle
//~ Glyphs,false,false,panelid.static.textglyphspanel
//~ Notes,false,false,panelid.static.annotation
//~ 3D,false,false,panelid.static.3d
//~ Adjustments,false,false,panelid.static.create
//~ Learn,false,false,panelid.static.learn
//~ Properties,false,false,panelid.static.properties
//~ Brush Settings,false,false,panelid.static.brushstyler
//~ Brushes,false,false,panelid.static.brushpresets
//~ Libraries,false,false,panelid.dynamic.swf.csxs.com.adobe.DesignLibraries.angular
//~ Adobe Color Themes,false,false,panelid.dynamic.swf.csxs.KLR
//