Getbyname not working

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
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I’m sure I’m doing something wrong but give these docs (https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/ps_reference/classes/layers/#getbyname) I assumed that I could just do this to query for a layer:

app.activeDocument.layers.getByName('cool-name')

But it don’t work. Any ideas?

2

What else are you doing in your code? What are you expecting to happen when you run that code?

var test = app.activeDocument.layers.getByName('cool-name');
console.log(test.id);

You could do something like:

test.selected = true;

But you need to be in exmodal state for that.

3

Oh, I didn’t realize it had to be inside an exmodal. So some stuff works outside and some only inside of exmodal? Why? And what is the exmodal?

4

To get something, you don’t need to be in modal state. Only to change something. So getByName() shouldn’t be an issue. But setting layer as selected - is a state change and needs to be executed in modal state

5

Hey @JasonM ,
I just tried to implement the "getByName(“Name”) and it did not work for me either.
I was executing it in a modal state.
3 years after this initial post. Do we have a solution to this question by now?

Cheers,
Oliver

6

app.activeDocument.layers returns only top level layers. If you want some layer from sub-tree, you’ll have to search recursively. What console shows for app.activeDocument.layers?

7

You can get the layer’s json property and use the includes() method to test if it contains the layer name you’re looking for.