Want a preference setting that will Lock guides by default.

Report · May 07, 2023

There should be an option that will either set guides to be locked by default OR when we save a file, if the guides are locked. it also saves that data so when i re-open the file I dont have to lock them again. its a mino inconvenience, but it would be nice

Report · May 07, 2023

What you can do while waiting for such a feature to possibly be included in the software:

1) Create an Action, insert the menu command for "Lock Guides". This is a toggle, so if guides are currently locked they will become unlocked, which isn't fantastic.

2) Configure the Script Events Manager to run this action when opening or saving a file.

The following script code performs the same task as the action:

#target photoshop
app.runMenuItem(stringIDToTypeID("toggleLockGuides"));

or

#target photoshop
cTID = function (s) {
  return app.charIDToTypeID(s);
};
sTID = function (s) {
  return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
};
var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();
var ref1 = new ActionReference();
ref1.putEnumerated(cTID('Mn  '), cTID('MnIt'), cTID('TglL'));
desc1.putReference(cTID('null'), ref1);
executeAction(cTID('slct'), desc1);

A person with more advanced AM code knowledge than I possess could possibly add code for a conditional check to only apply the toggle if the current menu item was unticked (so as to not turn off guide locks if already active), however, I'm not sure if this is possible or not.