Check if grid, guides are visible

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timobee
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Check if grid, guides are visible

Post by timobee »

How would I check are grids/guides visible? I would also need to know if guides are locked or not. I need to relay this information back to my CEP panel UI state.

It's enough that it would be compatible with cc18 and newer.


This code always returns true even if guides are hidden (cc21)

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  var r = new ActionReference();
  r.putProperty( charIDToTypeID( "Prpr" ), stringIDToTypeID( "guidesVisibility" ) );
  r.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Dcmn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" ) );
  var guides_is_visible = executeActionGet(r).getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("guidesVisibility"));             
  alert(guides_is_visible);
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Kukurykus
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Re: Check if grid, guides are visible

Post by Kukurykus »

When you (un)tick Guides, the next item Guide Canvas gets effect, while first is always checked. Look for some workaround: Test if guides visible?