Script tot enable/disable expressions

[Filip Vandueren]

I wrote one, based on gimmeprops,
here it is:

https://www.vandueren.be/forumstuff/scripts/FV%20all_expressions-switch.jsx

I haven’t tested this extensively but it should work, and has Undo capability.

you get a prompt:
type ‘true’ to enable all expressions,
anything else (false…) will disable all expressions

all expressions on selected layers, that is.

[Dotan Stern]

Thanx man that works great
are you going to work on in and make it with buttons that is easier to use?
if not is there another expression that works this way but one with a palette that i can use when i need it and not run the script every time i wanna use it
thanx again

[Filip Vandueren]

Sorry,

I’m not that good at scripting, and especially making User Interface panels is a real pain IMO.

[Danny Parsons]

Hi guys,

This sounded like a really useful idea, so I took the liberty of having a quick go at mashing Filip’s code together with a few UI-based script examples, and came up with a simple little palette with a [=] button and a [≠] button.

There are probably more concise/ elegant approaches than the one I took, but it is working… kind of…

It will work as either a floating palette, or as a dockable panel (when placed in the “ScriptsUI” folder and launched from the window-menu). However, if it is already docked to the workspace when restarting AE – or even just opening a different project – it seems to stop working. (It will either display the “no comp selected” alert, even though there is one selected – or it will just become unresponsive). In either instance, simply relaunching the script seems to do the trick.

I’ve uploaded the current version to a drop io “drop”, and set up the permissions so that anyone can upload revisions if they think they know how to fix this problem, or have any other ideas to improve it in any way (I’m still very new to this whole scripting business!)

Here’s the link: https://drop.io/Express_On_Off
Password: cow

Cheers,

DP

[Dotan Stern]

Thanx mate
very usefull hope someone can fix the problem with the dock panel

[Mac Ward]

How would I get the panel to close after clicking a button?