getting group name

[davoodice2]

hi
is there function to get parent of layer that is not selected?
for example

moho.layer:Parent("layerName")

[synthsin75]

As long as you're storing the unselected layer object (moho.layer) to a variable, even with it unselected, you can do:

var:Parent()
and
var:Parent():Name()

[davoodice2]

As long as you're storing the unselected layer object (moho.layer) to a variable, even with it unselected, you can do:

var:Parent()
and
var:Parent():Name()

thanks. and how can I select a layer ? SetSelLayer()? what is it's argument? is there any better way?

I want store current selected layer to select it later.
how to get current selected layer ID?

[hayasidist]

if you've got the current active layer and decided that the right thing is to select a different one, make sure that you have a variable that addresses a MohoLayer object (e.g. var = moho.layer:Parent() to get the active layer's parent) then

moho:SetSelLayer(var) will selected the layer identified by "var" in the layers window

ScriptInterface:SetSelLayer(layer, multiSelect, allowDeselect) : see https://mohoscripting.com/methods/60

As Wes has said, you don't need the layer to be selected to work on it ... so (e.g.) you can find the parent, then do something with some / all the child layers but still leave the one original child layer selected

[davoodice2]

if you've got the current active layer and decided that the right thing is to select a different one, make sure that you have a variable that addresses a MohoLayer object (e.g. var = moho.layer:Parent() to get the active layer's parent) then

moho:SetSelLayer(var) will selected the layer identified by "var" in the layers window

ScriptInterface:SetSelLayer(layer, multiSelect, allowDeselect) : see https://mohoscripting.com/methods/60

As Wes has said, you don't need the layer to be selected to work on it ... so (e.g.) you can find the parent, then do something with some / all the child layers but still leave the one original child layer selected

thanks. but can you give me an example of 2 line code for store current layer and select that later? I dont understand var in lua. Take it easy on me

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function DV_select_Bone_Layer:Run(moho,group)

	local isFound = false
	local prev_name = moho.layer:Name()

	local parent = moho.layer:Parent()
	if (parent == nil) then
		LM.Beep()
		moho:SetSelLayer(prev_name)
		return -1
	end
	moho:SetSelLayer(parent)
	local layet_type = moho.layer:LayerType(parent)
	if(layet_type==MOHO.LT_BONE) then
		isFound=true
		return -1
	end
    while not isFound do	
		moho:SetSelLayer(parent)
		parent = moho.layer:Parent()
		if parent == nil then
			LM.Beep()
			print(prev_name)
			moho:SetSelLayer(prev_name)
			break	
		end	
		layet_type = moho.layer:LayerType(parent)
		if(layet_type==MOHO.LT_BONE) then
			isFound=true
		end
	end


end

moho:SetSelLayer(prev_name) doesn't work

[synthsin75]

SetSelLayer doesn't accept names, as more than one layer could have the same name. It needs the layer object.

local layer_object = moho.layer
moho:SetSelLayer(layer_object)

[hayasidist]

thanks. but can you give me an example of 2 line code for store current layer and select that later? I dont understand var in lua. Take it easy on me

var is just an arbitrary variable name

replace the name "layer_object" that Wes used with "var"...
local var = moho.layer
moho:SetSelLayer(var)

If you're struggling with Lua: Moho currently uses 5.2: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/

[davoodice2]

Perfect!
thank you two friends.

[davoodice2]

As long as you're storing the unselected layer object (moho.layer) to a variable, even with it unselected, you can do:

var:Parent()
and
var:Parent():Name()

thanks. and how can I select a layer ? SetSelLayer()? what is it's argument? is there any better way?

I want store current selected layer to select it later.
how to get current selected layer ID?

Can i select parent layer of a layer that isn't selected ?

[hayasidist]

yes - as long as you have (or can get) the MohoLayer object for the layer whose parent you want -- it doesn't have to be the selected layer -- e.g.

you have a selected layer: (moho.layer)
you find its parent: parent = moho.layer:Parent() (which is not the selected layer!)
and now you want the "grandparent": gp = parent:Parent()

if you then want to make that the selected layer: moho:SetSelLayer(gp)

or if you just want to see all the gp's children..
gp = moho:LayerAsGroup(gp)
for i = 0, gp:CountLayers()-1 do
.. child = gp:Layer(i)

[davoodice2]

yes - as long as you have (or can get) the MohoLayer object for the layer whose parent you want -- it doesn't have to be the selected layer -- e.g.

you have a selected layer: (moho.layer)
you find its parent: parent = moho.layer:Parent() (which is not the selected layer!)
and now you want the "grandparent": gp = parent:Parent()

if you then want to make that the selected layer: moho:SetSelLayer(gp)

or if you just want to see all the gp's children..
gp = moho:LayerAsGroup(gp)
for i = 0, gp:CountLayers()-1 do
.. child = gp:Layer(i)

its related to current selected object. I want to select parent of a layer that isn't select now. for eg:
i selected foot layer. but I want to select parent of head layer.

[synthsin75]

its related to current selected object. I want to select parent of a layer that isn't select now. for eg:
i selected foot layer. but I want to select parent of head layer.

Store the head layer object to a variable and you can select its parent layer any time you like.

And if you haven't stored the layer object, as long as you have some way to identify the layer, like unique name, tag, UUID, etc., you can always iterate through all the layers in the document until you find it: https://mohoscripting.com/snippets/1

[davoodice2]

its related to current selected object. I want to select parent of a layer that isn't select now. for eg:
i selected foot layer. but I want to select parent of head layer.

Store the head layer object to a variable and you can select its parent layer any time you like.

And if you haven't stored the layer object, as long as you have some way to identify the layer, like unique name, tag, UUID, etc., you can always iterate through all the layers in the document until you find it: https://mohoscripting.com/snippets/1

if want to tell more clearly. I select a layer and i want to find all parents of this layer and do some thing on them. use for loop or some thing like that.
I think it isn't good if i write:
moho.layer:Parent():Parent():Parent():.....

[hayasidist]

I think it isn't good if i write:
moho.layer:Parent():Parent():Parent():.....

that will work unless you hit the end of the "family tree" -- see my previous post about getting a grandparent -- add to that a test to see if there's a parent.. e.g if not gp then ...

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parent = moho.layer:Parent()
if parent then
	gp = parent:Parent()
	if gp then ...

or you can get cute and use recursion to seek out the root:

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function getParent (layer)
	local parent = layer:Parent()
	if parent then
		getParent (parent)
		...
	...
end

[davoodice2]

I think it isn't good if i write:
moho.layer:Parent():Parent():Parent():.....

that will work unless you hit the end of the "family tree" -- see my previous post about getting a grandparent -- add to that a test to see if there's a parent.. e.g if not gp then ...

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parent = moho.layer:Parent()
if parent then
	gp = parent:Parent()
	if gp then ...

or you can get cute and use recursion to seek out the root:

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function getParent (layer)
	local parent = layer:Parent()
	if parent then
		getParent (parent)
		...
	...
end

Oh God how dumb I am.
I had think I can get parent just with moho.layer:Parent()
now i find out layer:Parent() because of inheritance