Select Clipping Mask Base Layer

Select-Clipping-Mask-Base-Layer.jsx

selectGroupedBaseLayer();

function selectGroupedBaseLayer() {
    // Stephen Marsh, v2.0 - 20th September 2022
    // Works with a visible or invisible clipping mask base layer
    for (i = 0; i < activeDocument.layers.length; i++) {
        if (activeDocument.activeLayer.grouped === true) {
            //alert("Grouped, move on...");
            toggleLayerVisibility(true);
            selectForwardORBackwardLayer(false, "backwardEnum");
            toggleLayerVisibility(true);
            //activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = true;

        }
        // Helper Functions
        function toggleLayerVisibility(toggleOptionsPalette) {
            var s2t = function (s) {
                return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
            };
            var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
            var list = new ActionList();
            var reference = new ActionReference();
            reference.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
            list.putReference(reference);
            descriptor.putList(s2t("null"), list);
            descriptor.putBoolean(s2t("toggleOptionsPalette"), toggleOptionsPalette);
            executeAction(s2t("show"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
        }
        function selectForwardORBackwardLayer(makeVisible, forwardORbackward) {
            var s2t = function (s) {
                return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
            };
            var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
            var list = new ActionList();
            var reference = new ActionReference();
            // "forwardEnum" or "backwardEnum"
            reference.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t(forwardORbackward));
            descriptor.putReference(s2t("null"), reference);
            // true or false
            descriptor.putBoolean(s2t("makeVisible"), makeVisible);
            list.putInteger(15);
            descriptor.putList(s2t("layerID"), list);
            executeAction(s2t("select"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
        }
    }
}

// or

/*
selectGroupedBaseLayer();

function selectGroupedBaseLayer() {
    // Stephen Marsh, v1.0 - 20th September 2022
    // Only works with a visible clipping mask base layer
    if (activeDocument.activeLayer.grouped === true) {
        //alert("Grouped, move on...");
        toggleLayerVisibility(true);
        selectForwardORBackwardLayer(false, "backwardEnum");
        toggleLayerVisibility(true);
        //activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = true;
    }
    // Helper Functions
    function toggleLayerVisibility(toggleOptionsPalette) {
        var s2t = function (s) {
            return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
        };
        var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
        var list = new ActionList();
        var reference = new ActionReference();
        reference.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t("targetEnum"));
        list.putReference(reference);
        descriptor.putList(s2t("null"), list);
        descriptor.putBoolean(s2t("toggleOptionsPalette"), toggleOptionsPalette);
        executeAction(s2t("show"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
    }
    function selectForwardORBackwardLayer(makeVisible, forwardORbackward) {
        var s2t = function (s) {
            return app.stringIDToTypeID(s);
        };
        var descriptor = new ActionDescriptor();
        var list = new ActionList();
        var reference = new ActionReference();
        // "forwardEnum" or "backwardEnum"
        reference.putEnumerated(s2t("layer"), s2t("ordinal"), s2t(forwardORbackward));
        descriptor.putReference(s2t("null"), reference);
        // true or false
        descriptor.putBoolean(s2t("makeVisible"), makeVisible);
        list.putInteger(15);
        descriptor.putList(s2t("layerID"), list);
        executeAction(s2t("select"), descriptor, DialogModes.NO);
    }
}
*/