Select the font manually

[Geppetto Luis]

I would like to select the font manually and not preset it in the script

//#target photoshop
main();
function main(){
if(!documents.length) return;
var w = new Window ("dialog","TEXT TEST");

w.orientation = 'row';
w.alignment='top';
w.pnl = w.add('panel', undefined, undefined, {borderStyle:'white'});


w.g15 = w.pnl.add('group');
w.g15.alignment='center';
w.g15.st1 = w.g15.add('statictext',undefined,''); 
w.g15.et1 = w.g15.add('edittext');
w.g15.et1.text = 'TEST'; 

w.g15.et1.preferredSize=[300,20];


w.g20 = w.pnl.add('group');
w.g20.alignment='center';
w.g20.bu1 = w.g20.add('button',undefined,'OK');
w.g20.bu1.preferredSize=[147,25];
w.g20.bu2 = w.g20.add('button',undefined,'Close', { name: "cancel" });
w.g20.bu2.preferredSize=[147,25];


w.g20.bu1.onClick=function(){
    
var txtLayer = activeDocument.artLayers.add();
txtLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;

txtLayer.textItem.size = 30; 
txtLayer.textItem.font = "ArialNarrow";   /// CHANGE FONT MANUAL

var TXTColor = new SolidColor;
TXTColor.rgb.hexValue = '00ffc8';
txtLayer.textItem.color = TXTColor;

var X = ((activeDocument.width/100)*1);   
var Y = ((activeDocument.height/100)*6); 

txtLayer.textItem.position = new Array( X, Y);

txtLayer.textItem.contents = "TEST"; 

var LB=activeDocument.activeLayer.bounds;
var Height = LB[3].value - LB[1].value;
var Width = LB[2].value - LB[0].value;
activeDocument.selection.select([[LB[0],LB[1]], [LB[2],LB[1]], [LB[2],LB[3]], [LB[0], LB[3]]], SelectionType.REPLACE, 0, false);

activeDocument.selection.deselect();
activeDocument.flatten();

preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;

w.close();

}
w.show();
}

[Tom Winkelmann]

https://www.ps-scripts.com/viewtopic.php?t=24455

[Geppetto Luis]

Tom_Winkelmann

I need it because I'm creating an html panel
and I need to select the text as described above.

[Geppetto Luis]

nobody can help me in this request.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What is the problem? 

You can get a list if the available fonts via app.fonts and populate the dropdownList with the names or postScriptNames. 

[Geppetto Luis]

Maybe I explained myself wrong
I know what you have entered

my problem is that I don't want to preset the font
but I want to select it from the drop down menu
as in the video.

[r-bin]

Maybe you just want to activate (select) the Type Tool after creating a text layer so that font options appear in the options panel?

[Geppetto Luis]

Mr. r-bin

I would like to select the font in the photoshop window
and I would like the chosen one to be applied

however I think it can't be done
that is not possible

[jazz-y]

setTypeToolStyle ('ArialNarrow', 30, '00ffc8' )

function setTypeToolStyle (fontName, fontSize, RGBhexColor) {
    s2t = stringIDToTypeID;

    (r = new ActionReference()).putClass(s2t('typeCreateOrEditTool'));
    (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t('target'), r);
    executeAction(s2t('select'), d, DialogModes.NO);

    (r = new ActionReference()).putClass(s2t("typeCreateOrEditTool"));
    (d = new ActionDescriptor()).putReference(s2t("target"), r);

    (d4 = new ActionDescriptor()).putUnitDouble(s2t("size"), s2t("pointsUnit"), fontSize);

    (d3 = new ActionDescriptor()).putDouble(s2t("red"), parseInt(RGBhexColor.substr(0, 1), 16));
    d3.putDouble(s2t("grain"), parseInt(RGBhexColor.substr(2, 2), 16));
    d3.putDouble(s2t("blue"), parseInt(RGBhexColor.substr(4, 2), 16));

    d4.putObject(s2t("color"), s2t("RGBColor"), d3);
    d4.putString(s2t("fontPostScriptName"), fontName);

    (d2 = new ActionDescriptor()).putObject(s2t("textStyle"), s2t("textStyle"), d4);
    (d1 = new ActionDescriptor()).putObject(s2t("textToolCharacterOptions"), s2t("null"), d2);

    d.putObject(s2t("to"), s2t("target"), d1);
    executeAction(s2t("set"), d, DialogModes.NO);
}