Please add a read-only "selectable" property in ExtendScript
Currently layer properties don't have an accessor to check whether or not they are selectable. The only way to check selectability with 100% certainty is to write a
try { layer.property.selected = false; selectable = true; }
catch(e) { selectable = false;}
type of block, which runs very slow.
I'm a technical artist, and I'm writing an in-house exporter. With a fairly complex project the above piece of code, checking all the properties in all the layers, runs for 12'30''. Replacing the try-catch block with a normal property accessor check speeds it up to 0'02'' - more than 300x better performance.
Thanks for listening!
Teemu Teräs
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