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Select Sibling Layers.jsx Photoshop Script - Selects the sibling layers.
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//https://gist.github.com/joonaspaakko/d4449fd5ef211df7850cab748bf9b8f6 | |
#target photoshop | |
if ( app.activeDocument.activeLayer.parent !== app.activeDocument ) { | |
app.activeDocument.suspendHistory( "Select Sibling Layers.jsx", "init();" ); | |
} | |
function init() { | |
var doc = app.activeDocument; | |
var parent = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.parent; | |
// Make a temp group with a temp layer inside it: | |
// [Parent group] | |
// - [TEMP GROUP] | |
// - - [TEMP LAYER] | |
var tempGroup = parent.layerSets.add(); | |
tempGroup.name = 'TEMP GROUP'; | |
var tempLayer = tempGroup.artLayers.add(); | |
tempLayer.name = 'TEMP LAYER'; | |
// Loop through all direct child element and move the last layer below 'TEMP LAYER' | |
var children_length = parent.layers.length - 1; | |
for ( var i = 0; i < children_length; i++ ) { | |
var lastLayer = parent.layers[ parent.layers.length-1 ]; | |
lastLayer.move( tempGroup.layers[0], ElementPlacement.PLACEAFTER ); | |
} | |
// Get rid of TEMP LAYER | |
tempLayer.remove(); | |
// Get rid of TEMP GROUP by ungrouping it, which also happens to select its children. | |
doc.activeLayer = tempGroup; | |
// Ungroup tempGroup | |
// ======================================================= | |
var idungroupLayersEvent = stringIDToTypeID( "ungroupLayersEvent" ); | |
var desc702 = new ActionDescriptor(); | |
var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" ); | |
var ref427 = new ActionReference(); | |
var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ); | |
var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ); | |
var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ); | |
ref427.putEnumerated( idLyr, idOrdn, idTrgt ); | |
desc702.putReference( idnull, ref427 ); | |
executeAction( idungroupLayersEvent, desc702, DialogModes.NO ); | |
} |
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