createMoveAction

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Hello,

How do I use the ‘createMoveItemAction’ to move a project item into a bin?

I’m a beginner at UXP. :slightly_smiling_face: I have a test project in Premiere set up with a ‘test_video_.mov’ and ‘test_bin_’ in the project panel. I select the video and then the bin, and try to use the code below. I’m using the UDT, testing this with a plugin created using the ‘quick-starter’ template. I’m not seeing any error messages in the debug console, but the footage isn’t moving into the bin.

Here is the code I’m using:

const ppro = require("premierepro");

async function actions() {
  try {
    const project = await ppro.Project.getActiveProject();
    const projectSelection = await ppro.ProjectUtils.getSelection(project);
    const projectSelectedItems = await projectSelection.getItems();
    const rootItem = await project.getRootItem();
    const footage = await projectSelectedItems[0];
    console.log(footage);
    const bin = await projectSelectedItems[1];
    console.log(bin);
    const moveAction = rootItem.createMoveItemAction(footage, bin);
    executeAction(project, moveAction);

  } catch(e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
}

function executeAction(project, action) {
  try {
    project.lockedAccess(() => {
      project.executeTransaction((compoundAction) => {    
        compoundAction.addAction(action);
      });
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(`Error: ${err}`);
  }
}

document
  .querySelector("#btnPopulate")
  .addEventListener("click", actions);

Thank you so much for any thoughts you might have!

2

Hi!

Second parameter of createMoveItemAction() is expected to be a FolderItem, while the item from projectItemSelection is ProjectItem.

Using

const moveAction = rootItem.createMoveItemAction(footage, ppro.FolderItem.cast(bin));

should fix the issue you are seeing.

Also please note that it’s best practice to create action inside of project.lockedAccess() block to avoid hitting asserts.

Thanks for trying out UXP!

3

Thank you so much! It’s working now.

Also, I placed the create action inside of a project.lockedAccess() block as you suggest. Not sure if I have it organized correctly or not, or if there would be a better way to set this up. I have my updated code below.

Thank you for the help, I appreciate it!

const ppro = require("premierepro");

//select footage first, then select bin second
async function actions() {
  try {
    const project = await ppro.Project.getActiveProject();
    const projectSelection = await ppro.ProjectUtils.getSelection(project);
    const projectSelectedItems = await projectSelection.getItems();
    const rootItem = await project.getRootItem();
    const footage = await projectSelectedItems[0];
    const bin = await projectSelectedItems[1];
      project.lockedAccess(() => {
      const moveAction = rootItem.createMoveItemAction(footage, ppro.FolderItem.cast(bin));
      executeAction(project, moveAction);
      });  
  } catch(e) {
    console.log(e);
  }
}

function executeAction(project, action) {
  try {
    project.lockedAccess(() => {
      project.executeTransaction((compoundAction) => {    
        compoundAction.addAction(action);
      });
    });
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(`Error: ${err}`);
  }
}

//‘quick-starter’ template.
document
  .querySelector("#btnPopulate")
  .addEventListener("click", actions);
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