Script for tool similar to Line Tool

[#1]

I'm trying to find a way to create a circle with a line extending similar to how the Line Tool can create an arrowhead with a line extending. Like the Line Tool I need to place the "head" of the shape with a click-and-hold and then the line segment by moving the mouse and then releasing. I know that this can already be done by creating a Custom Shape and then rotating it to the needed angle. But I need to be able to create AND rotate the shape upon creation.

I already posted in the Photoshop forum asking if there was a way to change the arrowhead to be a circle instead of a triangle. One user suggested that I create a script that places the circle onClick (or mouseDown) and then the line is created from the center of the circle to the mouse location on mouseUp.

Is anyone aware of an existing script that operates with mouseDown and mouseUp that I can adapt to fit my needs? (Or of any other way to accomplish this?)

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[#2]

I'm trying to find a way to create a circle with a line extending similar to how the Line Tool can create an arrowhead with a line extending. Like the Line Tool I need to place the "head" of the shape with a click-and-hold and then the line segment by moving the mouse and then releasing. I know that this can already be done by creating a Custom Shape and then rotating it to the needed angle. But I need to be able to create AND rotate the shape upon creation.

I already posted in the Photoshop forum asking if there was a way to change the arrowhead to be a circle instead of a triangle. One user suggested that I create a script that places the circle onClick (or mouseDown) and then the line is created from the center of the circle to the mouse location on mouseUp.

Is anyone aware of an existing script that operates with mouseDown and mouseUp that I can adapt to fit my needs? (Or of any other way to accomplish this?)

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[#3 · Accepted solution]

The script is enough complicated. Therefore in jsxbin.
Run the script. Specify if necessary the diameter.
Click the "Enable" button.
Use LineTool to draw the desired shape. At the end, a circle will be added to the starting point. To cancel the script, call it and press "Disable".
When working in CC2018, you probably need to click the "Dont show again" checkbox in the dialog, when merging the shapes.

Is that what you wanted?

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[#4]

How does one download and install the jsxbin you posted.  Copy Past and Saving it as a jsxbin or jsx does not work perhaps jive copy past does not work correctly. When I run the  the jsxbin Photoshop throws a scripting error,

[#5]

Remove any extra spaces in the script, especially at the beginning and at the end of the lines after the "\"

[#6]

Yes the were two space chacters after each \ when pasted into a text editor. ]

[#7]

Wow I never tried to program an everything script event handler because I did not not how it would know which event triggered each time it ran. You script  dialog enable button sets your script as an everything event handler.  When triggered by an event it bypasses its dialog and if triggered by the line tool it modifies the  shape layer just added by the line tool. Wow

[#8]

Thanks so much for putting this together. I'll install and test it out tonight and let you know.

[#9]

This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you SO much for your help on this.

[#10]

Thanks to both JJMAck for asking and r-bin for answering.  This is exactly what I was looking for too.  Great stuff!

[#11]

Can this work with the arrowhead (circle) at the end rather than the start?