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strattonbrazil
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June 14, 2013
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Web view in script

  • June 14, 2013
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Is it possible to use the scripting functionality in photoshop to open a web page or create a custom canvas I could create my own widgets on?  I'd like to just create a simple non-model panel in photoshop that gets events like creation/deletion of new layers and be able to draw and receive events on a canvas or html page to make a more dynamic interface like a mini-spreadsheet.  I also want it to be non-modal so artists can leave it open as they work in photoshop. 

I've heard ScriptUI behaivior is really different across platforms.  I heard making a window (dialog or palette) in Windows, for example, will be modal while only one of them is modal on OS X. 

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Paul Riggott
Paul Riggott
Inspiring
June 14, 2013

I don't think you will have much luck with ScriptUI (ExtendScript). Maybe you could do something with Flex and create your own version of a Configurator panel.

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strattonbrazilAuthor
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June 14, 2013

Thanks, I wasn't familiar with that tool.  I tried a simple panel I made in Configurator 3.0 and when it came time to export to my photoshop plugin, I get a "Cannot export the panel to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS6 (64 bit)\Plug-ins\Panels".  It doesn't say why.  Is there an output log or something? 

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Michael_L_Hale
Inspiring
June 14, 2013

Thank you.  I changed the permissions and it seems to not throw that error anymore.  On a side not, the "Export Panel as a CS Extension" in the file menu is disabled.  Is there a reason this option is sometimes disabled? 


The only time I have seen the export panel menu items disabled is when there isn't an open panel or the panel is not set up correctly. There are a couple of required fields in the CS Extension Attributes section on the right. You can't export an extension until you have entered info in those fields such as Author.

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