Uxp photoshop batchCall save preset

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
1

Hello, all …

Does anyone know of a way, using batchCall, to programmatically “save preset”?

When a Curves Adjustment layer is selected, the Properties Panel menu options include “Save Curves Preset …”. Invoking this menu item gives the user the chance to save the adjustment as a preset in a location of the user’s choosing.

I have attempted recording this using the Action Panel, and the recorded step is “Set current adjustment layer”. This recorded step does not include the “Save Preset” interaction.

When I use Alchemist to listen to events, Alchemist catches only two events:

  • “invokeCommand”: This looked promising, as the accompanying “_id” property (2583) is consistent across multiple attempts to catch the event. However, if I execute this using batchCall, Photoshop presents an alert: The command “<“unknown>” is not currently available.
  • “historyStateChanged”: executing via batchCall yields the same outcome as the above.
2

You can invoke the command through the method " performMenuCommand"

So as Alchemist records the step,

async function actionCommands() {
   const result = await batchPlay(
      [
         {
            _obj: "invokeCommand",
            commandID: 2583,
            kcanDispatchWhileModal: true,
            _options: {
               dialogOptions: "dontDisplay"
            }
         }
      ],
      {}
   );
}

It can execute the command

const r = await core.performMenuCommand({ commandID: 2583 });
3

Thank you! I was unaware of performMenuCommand()!

4

My understanding is that there is no guarantee that a commandID will stay the same for ever.

5

This is disconcerning. It seems strange that Adobe would provide an API (performMenuCommand) that cannot be relied upon to behave consistently. If Adobe were to document a set of commandIDs that could be relied upon, then this API might be of greater value.