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kiiso
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January 10, 2022
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Scripting , how to get swatch group names？

  • January 10, 2022
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Hi, everyone.Hope you have a fantastic days.
In advance ,I'm still not so familiar speaking in English .
Sorry if i made some stupid mistake.

I have a question.
I'm trying coding some script to get swatch list and export to a text file .

this is for using for other project.

By googling, I could find how to get swatch names.


var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);// get the app descriptor
var presetsList = desc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('presetManager'));// the presets list
var swatchDesc = presetsList.getObjectValue(1);// swatches is the second key
var nameList = swatchDesc.getList(charIDToTypeID("Nm "));// there is only one key in the swatch descriptor so get the list
var nameOfFirstSwatch = nameList.getString(0);// all the name list keys are strings data types so get the first swatch name

var nList = new Array();
for (var i=0;i<nameList.count;i++){
nList.push(nameList.getString(i)+"\n")
}
alert(nList)


But unfortunately this method couldn't get swatch "group" names.
Does any one knows how to get all swatch index?

By the way ,I'm using photoshop2022.

thanks all.

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Stephen Marsh
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Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 11, 2022

I couldn't get your code to work for swatch names.

 

Looking at the code that is generated when a new swatch group is created, I believe that you are looking for "swatchFolderClass"

 

var idmake = stringIDToTypeID( "make" );
    var desc1530 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = stringIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref549 = new ActionReference();
        var idswatchFolderClass = stringIDToTypeID( "swatchFolderClass" );
        ref549.putClass( idswatchFolderClass );
    desc1530.putReference( idnull, ref549 );
    var idname = stringIDToTypeID( "name" );
    desc1530.putString( idname, """myTest""" );
executeAction( idmake, desc1530, DialogModes.NO );

 

 

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    kiisoAuthor
    Known Participant
    January 11, 2022

    Thank you for reply.

    Sorry I made some mistake at 6th line. They needed one more space for 4 characters ID

    ("Nm ")→("Nm  ")

     

    And also, I was looking for exactly this class "swatchFolderClass"

    but I couldn't  figure out how to use.

    Couldn't find any Information in internet too..

     

    var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("capp"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);// get the app descriptor
var presetsList = desc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('presetManager'));// the presets list
var swatchDesc = presetsList.getObjectValue(1);// swatches is the second key
var nameList = swatchDesc.getList(charIDToTypeID("Nm  "));// there is only one key in the swatch descriptor so get the list
var nameOfFirstSwatch = nameList.getString(0);// all the name list keys are strings data types so get the first swatch name

var nList = new Array();
for (var i=0;i<nameList.count;i++){
nList.push(nameList.getString(i)+"\n")
}
alert(nList)

     

     

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