Determine layer color label from layer id?

[juliel96058674]

Hi,

Does anyone know if it's possible to determine the layer color label that's shown to the left of the layer name? I tried to determine the color label using the following method, however this isn't returning the expected result. I'm using photoshop CC 2015.

var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), layer.id);
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
var color = typeIDToStringID(desc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("color")));

The color variable is consistently returning "grain". Please let me know if anyone knows how to get the color from the layer label.

Thanks in advance!

[SuperMerlin · Accepted solution]

This is using the layer ID.

$.writeln(getLayerColourByID(4));
function getLayerColourByID( ID ) { 
var ref = new ActionReference(); 
ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") ,stringIDToTypeID('color')); 
ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), ID );
return typeIDToStringID(executeActionGet(ref).getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID('color'))); 
};

[rbcorrea]

do you have the same code in VBscript ? thanks.

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi juliel96058674​,

you can set the active layer label color:

// layer_setLayerColor_layerLabel.jsx
// "none","red","orange","yellowColor","grain","blue","violet","gray"
// set the color you want
// regards pixxxel schubser
function layerLabel () {
    var target = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref1 = new ActionReference();
        ref1.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
    target.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref1 );
        var colorize = new ActionDescriptor();
        colorize.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Clr '), charIDToTypeID('Clr '), charIDToTypeID('None') );
        //colorize.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Clr '), charIDToTypeID('Clr '), charIDToTypeID("red") );
    target.putObject( charIDToTypeID('T   '), charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), colorize );
    executeAction( charIDToTypeID('setd'), target, DialogModes.NO );
};
layerLabel ();

you can get the active layer label color (IMHO years ago written by Paul Riggott )

alert(getLayerColour());
function getLayerColour(){
//Colours returned .... 
// "none","red","orange","yellowColor","grain","blue","violet","gray"
var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
   var appDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
  return typeIDToStringID(appDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID('color')) );
};

Have fun

[Tom Ruark]

stringIDToTypeID('grain') == stringIDToTypeID('green')

Long long ago in a galaxy far far away we made a mistake and did this:

#define keyGrain 'Grn ' // CONFLICT: keyGreen.

and this

#define keyGreen 'Grn ' // There is also an enumGreen. CONFLICT: keyGrain.

And Photoshop invented a new color.

I tried to fix once but there was too much "legacy" code and everyone voted to leave it alone...sorry.

And add a ref.puProperty(... for that key) so you don't waste time getting ALL of the keys on the layer.

[juliel96058674]

Interesting, I was wondering where the "grain" color came from.. thanks