how to check if layer is a text layer

jhexcore · Post by **jhexcore** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:11 am

var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( 'Lyr ' ), i );
desc = executeActionGet(ref);

var layerName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID( 'Nm ' ));
var Id = desc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID( 'layerID' ));

var layerType = typeIDToStringID(desc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID( 'layerSection' )));
var isLayerSet =( layerType == 'layerSectionContent') ? false:true;

this part is to check if layer is a layerSet, how to check if layer is text layer??

pfaffenbichler · Post by **pfaffenbichler** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:17 am

If it’s just one Layer DOM code should do fine (app.activeDocument.activeLayer.kind) and the time factor should be negligible.

jhexcore · Post by **jhexcore** » Mon Jan 20, 2014 7:28 am

i just found out.

if(desc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID('textKey')))

it will return true if layer is a text layer.