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get array of selected layers in photoshop via extendscript
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| var docRef = app.activeDocument; | |
| cTID = function(s) { return app.charIDToTypeID(s); }; | |
| sTID = function(s) { return app.stringIDToTypeID(s); }; | |
| function newGroupFromLayers(doc) { | |
| var desc = new ActionDescriptor(); | |
| var ref = new ActionReference(); | |
| ref.putClass( sTID('layerSection') ); | |
| desc.putReference( cTID('null'), ref ); | |
| var lref = new ActionReference(); | |
| lref.putEnumerated( cTID('Lyr '), cTID('Ordn'), cTID('Trgt') ); | |
| desc.putReference( cTID('From'), lref); | |
| executeAction( cTID('Mk '), desc, DialogModes.NO ); | |
| }; | |
| function undo() { | |
| executeAction(cTID("undo", undefined, DialogModes.NO)); | |
| }; | |
| function getSelectedLayers(doc) { | |
| var selLayers = []; | |
| newGroupFromLayers(); | |
| var group = doc.activeLayer; | |
| var layers = group.layers; | |
| for (var i = 0; i < layers.length; i++) { | |
| selLayers.push(layers[i]); | |
| } | |
| undo(); | |
| return selLayers; | |
| }; | |
| var selectedLayers = getSelectedLayers(app.activeDocument); | |
| for( i = 0; i < selectedLayers.length; i++) { | |
| selectedLayers[i].selected = true; | |
| docRef.activeLayer = selectedLayers[i]; | |
| alert(docRef.activeLayer.name) | |
| } |
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