Select Layer Below/Above Current Layer (Shortcut)

[Guest]

I would like to have a shortcut to select the layer below or above the currently selected layer. In Affinity Photo I was able to create a macro which does exactly that. However, I couldn't find a way to assign a shortcut to this macro.

 

So my wish is to either have:

1) a separate menu item to select a layer below or above the currently selected layer

2) a method to assign shortcuts to individual macros

[Guest]

I managed to solve the problem by using the following AppleScript as a workaround:

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Affinity Photo"
		local selectedIndex
		
		tell (first window whose value of static text 1 is "Opacity:")
			tell table 1 of scroll area 1
				tell (first row whose value of attribute "AXSelected" is true)
					set selectedIndex to value of attribute "AXIndex"
				end tell
				select row (selectedIndex + 2)
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

Of course this would need a lot more error checking (bounds check of index, visibility of layers panel), but it works for now.

 

And here is an AppleScript that lets you rename the currently selected layer. For me this works in separated window mode, so you probably need to tweak it for your layout.

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Affinity Photo"
		tell (first window whose value of static text 1 is "Opacity:")
			perform action "AXRaise"
			tell table 1 of scroll area 1
				tell (first row whose value of attribute "AXSelected" is true)
					tell text field 1 of UI element 1
						set value of attribute "AXFocused" to true
					end tell
				end tell
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

 

[thomaso]

On 2/21/2018 at 12:35 PM, catcat said:

Of course this would need a lot more error checking (bounds check of index, visibility of layers panel), but it works for now.

Any idea how I can fix it here? It seems to be stuck at "value".
error "„System Events“ received an error: „window 1 of process \"Affinity Publisher\" whose value of static text 1 = \"Opacity:\"“ can not get read. Invalid Index." number -1719