BatchPlay: Select layer doesn't work when multiple layers have the same name

[jjdenhertog]

Hello,

We’re rebuilding our previous CEP panels to UXP plugins and face some issues. The most recent issue we found is caused by the inability to select layers when a document has duplicate layer names.

Example:

When using Alchemist you can see that in the event only the id changes. Unfortunately the bottom layer is always select. I’m using the code below.

const batchPlay = require("photoshop").action.batchPlay;
const result = batchPlay(
[
    {
        "_obj": "select",
        "_target": [{ "_ref": "layer", "_name": "dupname" }],
        "makeVisible": true,
        "layerID": [3],
        "_isCommand": false,
        "_options": { "dialogOptions": "dontDisplay" }
    }
], {
"synchronousExecution": false,
"modalBehavior": "fail"
});

The code is copy pasted from Alchemist. Has anyone face the same issue and found a possible work around for this?

[jjdenhertog]

Found a solution. It seems to be possible to also pass the ID in the target object. The solution was to refer to the id property instead of the name property:

const batchPlay = require("photoshop").action.batchPlay;
const result = batchPlay(
[
   {
      "_obj": "select",
      "_target": [{ "_ref": "layer", "_id": 3}],
      "makeVisible": false,
      "layerID": [3],
      "_isCommand": false,
      "_options": {"dialogOptions": "dontDisplay"}
   }
],{ "synchronousExecution": false, "modalBehavior": "fail"});