Select layer group below the currently selected group

[milevic]

Dear @Manan Joshi is it possible to make similar thing with a group of layers instead of single layer. To be more precise i need to select group of layers bellow currently selected group? Thanks in advance

[Manan Joshi]

Hi @milevic,

Give the following code a try. When run with a group selected in the layers panel, it will search for the next group under it and select it if found

var s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
var t2s = typeIDToStringID;

function getProperty(className, property, index)
{
	var r = new ActionReference(), p = s2t(property)
	r.putProperty(s2t('property'), p)
	if(index != undefined)
		r.putIndex(s2t(className),index)
	else
		r.putEnumerated(s2t(className), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'))
	var a = executeActionGet(r)
	return a
}

function isGroup(layerIdx){
	var r 
	if(layerIdx !== null)
		r = t2s(getProperty("layer", "layerSection", layerIdx).getEnumerationValue(s2t("layerSection")))
	else
		r = t2s(getProperty("layer", "layerSection").getEnumerationValue(s2t("layerSection")))
		
	return r === "layerSectionStart"
}

function selectGroup(layerName, layerID) {
    var idselect = stringIDToTypeID("select");
    var desc25 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = stringIDToTypeID("null");
    var ref11 = new ActionReference();
    var idlayer = stringIDToTypeID("layer");
    ref11.putName(idlayer, layerName);
    desc25.putReference(idnull, ref11);
    var idmakeVisible = stringIDToTypeID("makeVisible");
    desc25.putBoolean(idmakeVisible, false);
    var idlayerID = stringIDToTypeID("layerID");
    var list5 = new ActionList();
    list5.putInteger(layerID);
    desc25.putList(idlayerID, list5);
    executeAction(idselect, desc25, DialogModes.NO);
}

var layerIdx = activeDocument.activeLayer.itemIndex
var bgLayer = getProperty("document", "hasBackgroundLayer").getBoolean(s2t("hasBackgroundLayer")) ? 0 : 1
!bgLayer && layerIdx--
if(isGroup())
{
	r = isGroup(--layerIdx)
	while(!r && layerIdx > bgLayer){
		r = isGroup(--layerIdx)
	}

	if(isGroup(layerIdx)){
		var n = getProperty("layer", "name", layerIdx).getString(s2t("name"))
		selectGroup(n, layerIdx)
	}
}

-Manan

[milevic]

Thanks for the answering, i tested the script but a problem appears if the selected folder contains subfolders, is it possible to improve this?

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

So you mean that the code should not look for groups inside the currently selected group but outside that? Try the following version

var s2t = stringIDToTypeID;
var t2s = typeIDToStringID;

function getProperty(className, property, index)
{
	var r = new ActionReference(), p = s2t(property)
	r.putProperty(s2t('property'), p)
	if(index != undefined)
		r.putIndex(s2t(className),index)
	else
		r.putEnumerated(s2t(className), s2t('ordinal'), s2t('targetEnum'))
	var a = executeActionGet(r)
	return a
}

function isGroup(layerIdx){
	var r 
	if(layerIdx !== null)
		r = t2s(getProperty("layer", "layerSection", layerIdx).getEnumerationValue(s2t("layerSection")))
	else
		r = t2s(getProperty("layer", "layerSection").getEnumerationValue(s2t("layerSection")))
		
	return r === "layerSectionStart"
}

function movetoEnd(grpIdx){
	var r = t2s(getProperty("layer", "layerSection", grpIdx).getEnumerationValue(s2t("layerSection")))
	while(r !== "layerSectionEnd")
		r = t2s(getProperty("layer", "layerSection", --grpIdx).getEnumerationValue(s2t("layerSection")))
		
	return grpIdx
}

function selectGroup(layerName, layerID) {
    var idselect = stringIDToTypeID("select");
    var desc25 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = stringIDToTypeID("null");
    var ref11 = new ActionReference();
    var idlayer = stringIDToTypeID("layer");
    ref11.putName(idlayer, layerName);
    desc25.putReference(idnull, ref11);
    var idmakeVisible = stringIDToTypeID("makeVisible");
    desc25.putBoolean(idmakeVisible, false);
    var idlayerID = stringIDToTypeID("layerID");
    var list5 = new ActionList();
    list5.putInteger(layerID);
    desc25.putList(idlayerID, list5);
    executeAction(idselect, desc25, DialogModes.NO);
}

var layerIdx = activeDocument.activeLayer.itemIndex
var bgLayer = getProperty("document", "hasBackgroundLayer").getBoolean(s2t("hasBackgroundLayer")) ? 0 : 1
!bgLayer && layerIdx--
if(isGroup())
{
	layerIdx = movetoEnd(layerIdx)
	r = isGroup(--layerIdx)
	while(!r && layerIdx > bgLayer){
		r = isGroup(--layerIdx)
	}

	if(isGroup(layerIdx)){
		var n = getProperty("layer", "name", layerIdx).getString(s2t("name"))
		selectGroup(n, layerIdx)
	}
}

-Manan

[milevic]

that is it, thanks a lot

[Manan Joshi]

Great news, I have started adding scripts I create on the forum to a Github repo.

Repo URL :- https://github.com/Manan-Joshi/Photoshop-Scripts

Script URL :- https://github.com/Manan-Joshi/Photoshop-Scripts/blob/master/GroupSelect.jsx

-Manan

[milevic]

That is great. well done

[burk13]

Hi Manan,

Im sorry to bring that topic to life after very long time. But i have a question? Can we change this script to backwards?

[Stephen Marsh]

@burk13 

Simply change all four decrement occurrences to increment.

From:

--

To:

++

[burk13]

@Stephen Marsh very appreciated, thank you.