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  I have a question that has been racking my brain these days.

  If I want to run a script when I press a button that will check if a specific layer is visible. If so, it performs another function that shows additional layers. If the specific layer is not visible, it checks the next layer to see if it is visible. This continues until it checks all the necessary layers and is a visible layer.

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  #target photoshop

  //

  clthTopTt.jsx

  //

  cTID = function (s) {return app.charIDToTypeID (s) ;};}

  sTID = function (s) {return app.stringIDToTypeID (s) ;};}

  //

  //==================== actnStd ==============

  //

  function checkactnStd() {}

  Select

  function step 1 (enabled, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

  var dialogMode = (withDialog? DialogModes.ALL: DialogModes.NO);

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var ref1 = new ActionReference();

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "actnStd");

  DESC1.putReference (cTID ('null'), ref1);

  DESC1.putBoolean (cTID ('MkVs'), false);

  var list1 = new ActionList();

  List1.putInteger (17011);

  DESC1.putList (list1, cTID ('LyrI'));

  executeAction (desc1 cTID ('slct'), dialogMode);

  };

  If

  step2 function (activated, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

  var dialogMode = (withDialog? DialogModes.ALL: DialogModes.NO);

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();

  DESC1.putEnumerated (cTID ('null'), ('Cndt') cTID, cTID ('Ahsvs'));

  var ref1 = new ActionReference();

  Ref1.putName (cTID ('Actn'), 'select actnStd');     <-if the actnStd layer is visible, rather than performing this action, it runs the function selectactnStd().

  Ref1.putName (cTID ('ASet'), 'clthTopTt');

  DESC1.putReference (cTID ('then'), ref1);

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  ref2.putName (cTID ('ASet'), 'clthTopTt');

  DESC1.putReference (cTID ('else'), ref2);

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  };

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  Step2();      If

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  Show

  function step 1 (enabled, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

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  };

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  step2 function (activated, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

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  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topMskWlk");

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topRunTt");

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topMskRun");

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  DESC1.putList (list1, cTID ('null'));

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  Step2();      Hide

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  //==================== actnWlk ==============

  //

  function checkactnWlk() {}

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  step2 function (activated, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

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  DESC1.putEnumerated (cTID ('null'), ('Cndt') cTID, cTID ('Ahsvs'));

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  Ref1.putName (cTID ('Actn'), 'select actnWlk');

  Ref1.putName (cTID ('ASet'), 'clthTopTt');

  DESC1.putReference (cTID ('then'), ref1);

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  ref2.putName (cTID ('Actn'), "check actnRun");

  ref2.putName (cTID ('ASet'), 'clthTopTt');

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  executeAction (desc1 sTID ('conditional'), dialogMode);

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  Step2();      If

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  function selectactnWlk() {}

  Show

  function step 1 (enabled, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

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  var list1 = new ActionList();

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  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topWlkTt");

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topMskWlk");

  List1.putReference (Ref1);

  DESC1.putList (list1, cTID ('null'));

  executeAction (cTID ("'Shw"), desc1, dialogMode);

  };

  Hide

  step2 function (activated, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

  var dialogMode = (withDialog? DialogModes.ALL: DialogModes.NO);

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var list1 = new ActionList();

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  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topMskRun");

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  DESC1.putList (list1, cTID ('null'));

  executeAction (desc1 cTID ("Hd"), dialogMode);

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  Step1();      Show

  Step2();      Hide

  };

  //

  //==================== actnRun ==============

  //

  function checkactnRun() {}

  Select

  function step 1 (enabled, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

  var dialogMode = (withDialog? DialogModes.ALL: DialogModes.NO);

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var ref1 = new ActionReference();

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "actnRun");

  DESC1.putReference (cTID ('null'), ref1);

  DESC1.putBoolean (cTID ('MkVs'), false);

  var list1 = new ActionList();

  List1.putInteger (17013);

  DESC1.putList (list1, cTID ('LyrI'));

  executeAction (desc1 cTID ('slct'), dialogMode);

  };

  If

  step2 function (activated, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

  var dialogMode = (withDialog? DialogModes.ALL: DialogModes.NO);

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();

  DESC1.putEnumerated (cTID ('null'), ('Cndt') cTID, cTID ('Ahsvs'));

  var ref1 = new ActionReference();

  Ref1.putName (cTID ('Actn'), 'select actnRun');

  Ref1.putName (cTID ('ASet'), 'clthTopTt');

  DESC1.putReference (cTID ('then'), ref1);

  ref2 var = new ActionReference();

  ref2.putName (cTID ('Actn'), "check actnAc");

  ref2.putName (cTID ('ASet'), 'clthTopTt');

  DESC1.putReference (cTID ('else'), ref2);

  executeAction (desc1 sTID ('conditional'), dialogMode);

  };

  Step1();      Select

  Step2();      If

  };

  function selectactnRun() {}

  Show

  function step 1 (enabled, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

  var dialogMode = (withDialog? DialogModes.ALL: DialogModes.NO);

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var list1 = new ActionList();

  var ref1 = new ActionReference();

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topRunTt");

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topMskRun");

  List1.putReference (Ref1);

  DESC1.putList (list1, cTID ('null'));

  executeAction (cTID ("'Shw"), desc1, dialogMode);

  };

  Hide

  step2 function (activated, withDialog) {}

  If (enabled! = undefined & &! activated)

  return;

  var dialogMode = (withDialog? DialogModes.ALL: DialogModes.NO);

  var desc1 = new ActionDescriptor();

  var list1 = new ActionList();

  var ref1 = new ActionReference();

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topStdTt");

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topMskStd");

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topWlkTt");

  Ref1.putName (cTID ("'Lyr"), "topMskWlk");

  List1.putReference (Ref1);

  DESC1.putList (list1, cTID ('null'));

  executeAction (desc1 cTID ("Hd"), dialogMode);

  };

  Step1();      Show

  Step2();      Hide

  };

  After he checks the last layer, then end the script.

  'clthTopTtLoop.jsx '.

  EXPRESSIONS OF FOLKLORE

  Any help is appreciated seriously. Thank you guys!

  Hey guys, I promised that I would update this post to help others if I got the answer, so here:

  Firstly, the developer has created a function to automatically get the layer. I had problems to find ways to select layers, especially because the layers were nested in groups inside groups. This helped solve that. The function was this:

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    var ref = new ActionReference();
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    desc.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref );
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  Then call the layer using layer real name (assuming that your layer names are unique. If they aren't, you'll find yourself only to select the first layer with the same specific name) throughout your script file.

  IE. In my case, selectLayer ("actnStd"); or selectLayer ("actnWlk");

  You then set the visibility by using the following code:

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  app.bringToFront();
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    }
    else  {
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    selectLayer("topMskStd");
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    selectLayer("topStdTt");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = true;
  
    selectLayer("topWlkTt");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
  
    selectLayer("topMskWlk");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
  
    selectLayer("topRunTt");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
  
    selectLayer("topMskRun");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
  }; 
  
  function CheckactnWlk() {
    selectLayer("actnWlk");
    if  (app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible == true) {
    SelectactnWlk()
    }
    else  {
    CheckactnRun();
    }
  };   
  
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    selectLayer("topMskStd");
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    selectLayer("topStdTt");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
  
    selectLayer("topWlkTt");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = true;
  
    selectLayer("topMskWlk");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = true;
  
    selectLayer("topRunTt");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
  
    selectLayer("topMskRun");
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
  
  };
  
  function CheckactnRun() {
    selectLayer("actnRun");
    if  (app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible == true) {
    SelectactnRun()
    }
    else  {
    alert ('There is no Selected Layer', 'Please select a layer', 0);
    }
  };
  
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    selectLayer("topWlkTt");
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    selectLayer("topRunTt");
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    selectLayer("topMskRun");
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         desc.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('MkVs'), false );
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