Is it possible to read if Layers Panel is enabled?

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
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I use this function to hide or undhide the Layers Panel for my plugin workflow:

//If Layers Panel is hidden it shows it, and viceversa.
async function toggleLayersPanel() {
  await runCommandID(1098);
}

async function runCommandID(id) {
  await core.performMenuCommand({ 
    commandID: id, 
    kcanDispatchWhileModal: true, 
    _isCommand: false 
  });
}

However, for a better experience as a developer and bring a better UX to users, I would like to read if the Layers Panel is hidden or not. Is it possible?

Using F7 or the function above toggles the Layers Panel, but I would know if the user has the Layers Panel visible or not.

Thanks!

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Get panelList from the app. Find panel by panelId (you’ll need to check what’s the ID you need). Panel has visible and obscured properties

bp([
    {
        "_obj": "get",
        "_target": [
            {"_property": 'panelList'},
            {"_ref": "application", "_enum": "ordinal", "_value": "targetEnum"},
        ],
        "_options": {"dialogOptions": "dontDisplay"}
    }
])[0]['panelList']?.find(p => p.ID === panelId)
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Thanks Karmalakas, how is this supposed to work? Does the bp function returns anything? I tried to console.log() the result but it returns a pending promise.

const res = await batchPlay([
      {
        "_obj": "get",
        "_target": [
          { "_property": 'panelList' },
          { "_ref": "application", "_enum": "ordinal", "_value": "targetEnum" },
        ],
        "_options": { "dialogOptions": "dontDisplay" }
      }
    ])[0]['panelList']?.find(p => p.ID === panelId)

This gives me an error that ‘panelList’ is unfedined.

If I try to console.log() the next code:

const res = await batchPlay([
      {
        "_obj": "get",
        "_target": [
          { "_property": 'panelList' },
          { "_ref": "application", "_enum": "ordinal", "_value": "targetEnum" },
        ],
        "_options": { "dialogOptions": "dontDisplay" }
      }
    ]

It returns a pending promise. I’m kind of new with promises now in UXP so I don’t get it 100% how it works or how I could get the data from that batchPlay command.

Can you elaborate a little more? I would appreciate it! Seems I don’t get it right enough.

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Oops… My bad
Forgot to add BP options

        {
            synchronousExecution: true,
            modalBehavior: "execute"
        }

So it would be:

bp(
  [
    {
      "_obj": "get",
      "_target": [
        {"_property": 'panelList'},
        {"_ref": "application", "_enum": "ordinal", "_value": "targetEnum"},
      ],
      "_options": {"dialogOptions": "dontDisplay"}
    }
  ],
  {
    synchronousExecution: true,
    modalBehavior: "execute"
  }
)[0]['panelList']?.find(p => p.ID === panelId)

synchronousExecution: true here is the key to get result

It’s a bit strange that with await batchPlay() you get a promise, because await should give you a normal result and then you could get panel like this:

res[0]['panelList']?.find(p => p.ID === panelId)
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This works now perfect Karmalakas, thank you very much!!

Is there a way that I can make visible or not a specifiic panel with some command like this one? Instead the one I have with the runCommandID() function ?

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I don’t know of any. I also use command ID, which IMO must be solved by Adobe. This makes no sense to me

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There have been some but those are no longer available for 3rd parties. I am not a fan of these restrictions.

You could try this one: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/2022/uxp/reference-js/Modules/uxp/Plugin%20Manager/Plugin/#showpanelpanelid But I don’t know if that support panels that you don’t own.

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From the description I understand this might actually work if you have in manifest v5 this:

"permissions": {        
    "ipc": {
        "enablePluginCommunication": true   
    }
}

Just not clear if this showPanel() is only for plugins panels or for all :thinking:

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I tested and can confirm that pluginManager is available only with permission.

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@photonic Where did you find correct number for runCommandID?

I would like to hide some other panels