[Dan Ebberts]

I believe all the style stuff requires the JavaScript engine. I don’t know of a good work around (other than scaling).

[Dan Ebberts]

Sorry, not able to see the code you’re talking about.

[Dan Ebberts]

Here’s another version that puts indents for each level of nested comps:

function test(){
	var names = [];
	function getNames(theComp, thePrefix){
		for (var i = 1; i <= theComp.numLayers; i++){
			names.push(thePrefix + theComp.layer(i).name);
			if (theComp.layer(i).source instanceof CompItem){
				getNames(theComp.layer(i).source, thePrefix+"    ");
			}
		}
	}
	var comp = app.project.activeItem;
	if (! comp || ! (comp instanceof CompItem)){
		alert("No comp active.");
		return;
	}
	getNames(comp,"");
	alert(names.join("\r"));
}
test();

[Dan Ebberts]

I’m still not clear on exactly how you want the names formatted, but this simple script will pop up an alert that lists all the layer names (and those of any sub comps) in the selected comp:

function test(){
	var names = [];
	function getNames(theComp){
		for (var i = 1; i <= theComp.numLayers; i++){
			names.push(theComp.layer(i).name);
			if (theComp.layer(i).source instanceof CompItem){
				getNames(theComp.layer(i).source);
			}
		}
	}
	var comp = app.project.activeItem;
	if (! comp || ! (comp instanceof CompItem)){
		alert("No comp active.");
		return;
	}
	getNames(comp);
	alert(names.join("\r"));
}
test()

[Dan Ebberts]

Certainly possible, but one question is what you want to do with the information. If you’re talking about a script, I guess it could write it to a text file. Is that what you’re picturing?

[Dan Ebberts]

What do you mean by “list”? And are you talking about an expression or a script?

[Dan Ebberts]

I think it would be like this for the x position:

L1 = comp("rappeller").layer("man hand lf");
p1 = L1.toComp(L1.anchorPoint);
L2 = thisComp.layer("rappeller");
p2 = L2.toComp(p1);
p2[0]

[Dan Ebberts]

Like this, probably:

y = thisComp.layer("RED RECTANGLE").transform.position[1];
n = linear(y,100,610,18,0);
n.toFixed(1) + "X"

[Dan Ebberts]

It’s tricky, and a little complicated, but this example might help. It assumes that 4 text layers are participating and that they are layers 1 through 4 in your layer stack. They’ll be positioned in y in the order of their layer index (layer 1 on top), with the center of the visible layers positioned and mid y point in the comp. It should adjust for any layers that have no text.

margin = 20;
above = 0;
below = 0;
r = sourceRectAtTime(time);
myH = r.height;
for (i = 1; i <= 4; i++){
  if (i == index) continue; // skip own layer
  h = thisComp.layer(i).sourceRectAtTime(time).height;
  if (i < index){
    if (h > 0) above += h + margin;
  }else{
    if (h > 0) below += margin + h;
  }
}
tot = above + myH + below;
mid = tot/2;
myMid = above + myH/2;
deltaY = mid - myMid;
currentY = value[1] + r.top +r.height/2;
targetY = thisComp.height/2 - deltaY;
value + [0,targetY - currentY]

[Dan Ebberts]

Have you tried adding the Transform effect, after Ripple? It has controls for Skew and Skew Axis.