• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Show/Hide Properties with Keyframes

  Posted by ali kim on November 11, 2024 at 2:43 pm

  I have an extension the executes this function to show/hide properties with keyframes:

  function test() {

  var res = false;

  var msg = ‘default’;

  var comp = _proj.activeItem;

  if (!comp || !(comp instanceof CompItem)) {

  msg = ‘No active item or active item is not a comp’;

  return toJSON(res, msg);

  }

  var layer = comp.layer(1);

  if (!layer) {

  msg = ‘No layer selected’;

  return toJSON(res, msg);

  }

  layer.selected = true;

  var cmdStr = ‘Reveal Properties with Keyframes’;

  var cmdId = executeCommand(cmdStr);

  if (cmdId == 0) {

  msg = ‘Command \” cmdStr ‘\’ id not found’;

  return toJSON(res, msg);

  }

  msg = ‘Executed \” cmdStr ‘\’ (‘ cmdId ‘)’;

  layer.selected = false;

  return toJSON(res, msg);

  }

  function executeCommand(cmdStr) {

  var cmdId = 0;

  cmdId = app.findMenuCommandId(cmdStr);

  if (cmdId == 0) return cmdId;

  app.executeCommand(cmdId);

  return cmdId;

  }When I call test() the first time, it works and opens keyframed props, but when I call it again, it opens all props of the layer. On the other hand, if after the first call I click away from the extension window and focus AE UI, it work and hides keyframed props.Does anyone here have any experience re this behavior?

  ali kim replied 1 month ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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