Hello,
I’m developing Brand Manager, an extension that stores reusable brand colors, fonts, styles, and sizes.
In Illustrator, when the user highlights part of a text and clicks a saved value in the panel, the change applies only to the selected characters. I would like to support the same workflow in Photoshop:
- Highlight characters with the Type Tool.
- Click a saved font, size, style, or color in the UXP panel.
- Apply the change only to the highlighted characters.
- If there is only a text cursor, use the style for the next characters typed.
Applying the style to the entire text layer when not editing text is acceptable.
I tried batchPlay, textStyle, and the Type Tool character options, but Photoshop either affects the entire layer or rejects the command.
Is there a supported way to access the active character range and apply or capture its formatting without losing the selection when the panel is clicked?
A working batchPlay or ActionJSON example would be very helpful.
The attached screenshot shows the intended workflow.
Environment:
- Photoshop 27.9
- UXP 9.3
- macO
Thank you