How do you know what action selected in the panel Аct

stat · Post by **stat** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 3:04 pm

Good day ALL!!!
Help me, please.
How do you know what action selected in the panel Аctions?
for Example (see Picture)
http://i064.radikal.ru/1111/e7/854443cf5ba8.jpg
"BS Sepia" is SELECTED
"Flattern" is NOT SELECTED

I tried the standard method
charIDToTypeID( "slct" )
did not work!

pfaffenbichler · Post by **pfaffenbichler** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:08 am

As selecting an Action seems not to create any Scripting Listener Code I suspect it may not be possible to determine the selected Action with JavaScript.
But maybe bumping the thread up the list will attract attention from someone with more insight.

stat · Post by **stat** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:30 am

pfaffenbichler wrote:As selecting an Action seems not to create any Scripting Listener Code
Yes, I checked first thing in the Script Listener LOG. There's no such events.

Mike Hale · Post by **Mike Hale** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:22 pm

Scriptlistener doesn't help but you can find the name of the selected action and it's parent action set using Action Manager.

Code: Select allvar ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Actn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
var actionName = desc.getString( charIDToTypeID("Nm ") );
var actionSetName = desc.getString( charIDToTypeID("PrNm") );
alert( 'Current selected action is: '+actionName+'\rin the action set: '+actionSetName );

stat · Post by **stat** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:02 pm

Thanks so much!!!

kpt · Post by **kpt** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:54 pm

That's quite a good trick Mike!

Be aware though that the result is different if the action palette is not in Button mode and the selected action has been "unfolded", i.e., opened up to reveal it's contents. In that situation, the actionSetName contains the action name, at least on CS5 on a Mac.

Mike Hale · Post by **Mike Hale** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:08 pm

That is strange. For me I get the same action and actionSet alert if the action is expanded or collapsed. I tested in CS5 so it may be a Mac thing.

However there are a couple of problems with the function. If only the actionSet is selected it throws an error. I guess that makes sense because no action is selected. A try/catch would fix that. But if a step in the action is selected it returns the set as the action name and the action as the actionSetName. I don't see an easy fix for that. The descriptor has the same keys for both the action and the step so there is no direct way to tell which it is from the descriptor. I guess you would have to get a list of actionSets and make sure actionSetName is a valid actionSet.

In button mode you can not select( highlight ) an action so that mode does not apply to this function.

kpt · Post by **kpt** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:07 am

Well, it works in Button mode and that's the most important thing!

I'm including a screendump of the Mac/CS5 situation:

stat · Post by **stat** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:36 pm

Mike Hale wrote:Scriptlistener doesn't help but you can find the name of the selected action and it's parent action set using Action Manager.

Code: Select allvar ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Actn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
var actionName = desc.getString( charIDToTypeID("Nm ") );
var actionSetName = desc.getString( charIDToTypeID("PrNm") );
alert( 'Current selected action is: '+actionName+'\rin the action set: '+actionSetName );

This code not work if selected "Action step".

I see "Desaturate" of "Action 1"
but I need "Action 1" of "User Set"
obviously want recursion.
We must look for a parent - a parent
I do not know how?
Help me Please.

Mike Hale · Post by **Mike Hale** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:54 pm

This is not be fully tested but seems to work with my limited number of actionSets.
Code: Select allgetSelectedAction()
function getSelectedAction(){
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Actn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
var selectedName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID("Nm "));
var selectedIndex = desc.getInteger(charIDToTypeID("ItmI"));
var parentName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID("PrNm"));
var parentIndex = desc.getInteger(charIDToTypeID("PrIn"));
if(isActionSet( parentIndex, parentName )){
var setName = parentName;
var actionName = selectedName;
}else{
var setName = findAction(parentIndex, parentName );
var actionName = parentName;
}
return [setName,actionName];
};
function isActionSet( parentIndex, parentName ){
var res = false;
try{
   var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( "ASet" ), parentIndex );
   var setName = executeActionGet( ref ).getString(charIDToTypeID("Nm "));
   if(setName == parentName) res = true;
}catch(e){}
return res;
};
function findAction(parentIndex, parentName ) {
var i = 1;
var found = false;
while (!found) {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID('ASet'), i);
var desc;
try {
desc = executeActionGet(ref);
} catch (e) {
break;
} finally {
}
if (desc.hasKey(charIDToTypeID('Nm '))) { ;
var setName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID('Nm '));
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID('Actn'), parentIndex);
ref.putIndex(charIDToTypeID('ASet'), i);
try{
var adesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var actName = adesc.getString(charIDToTypeID('Nm '));
if(actName==parentName) return setName;
}catch(e){}
}
i++;
}
};