Extendscript naming Dropdown Menu effect

[Alex Munteanu]

I haven’t tested ‘Dropdown’ controls much.
When I try to get their matchName they also showup as a Pseudo-effect, which is a bit weird.
Anyways… what you could do instead is to rename the last added effect.

boxLayer.Effects.property(boxLayer.Effects.numProperties).name = "Align";

[Dan Ebberts]

The dropdown control is an unusual implementation. You could try this:


var dropdownItems = [
"Left",
"Center",
"Right"
];
var boxLayerDropdown = boxLayer.Effects.addProperty("ADBE Dropdown Control");
var temp = boxLayerDropdown.property(1).setPropertyParameters(dropdownItems);
temp.propertyGroup(1).name = "Align";


Dan

[Willem De rue]

Thanks Dan, that did the trick (of course)!

[Fede Parodi]

Hi, I have a similar situation. In my case, I would like to be able to change the active item in the dropdown menu.

I guess it would be something like this:

var dropdownItems = [

“Left”,

“Center”,

“Right”

];

var boxLayerDropdown = boxLayer.Effects.addProperty(“ADBE Dropdown Control”);

var temp = boxLayerDropdown.property(1).setPropertyParameters(dropdownItems);

temp.propertyGroup(1).name = “Align”;

temp.propertyGroup(1).setValue(1); // Here I want to set a default value at “Center” but it’s not working.

Do you know how can I change the values of a dropdown menu?

[Dan Ebberts]

I’m not sure this is what you’re asking, but it appears that setting the parameter list invalidates your object reference, so to change the selection afterwards, you need to re-establish the reference with a full property spec path, like this:

boxLayer.property("Effects").property("Dropdown Menu Control").property(1).setValue(2);

[Fede Parodi]

Thanks a lot Dan! That solved it

[Brie Clayton]

Thank you for solving this, Dan!