propertygroup
PropertyGroup
thisLayer("ADBE Effect Parade")
All properties in the Timeline are organized into groups, which share some attributes of properties like name and propertyIndex.
Property Groups can have a fixed number of properties (e.g. an individual effect whose properties don’t change) or a variable number of properties (e.g. the “Effects” group itself which can have any number of effect within it).
Top-level groups in a Layer
- Motion Trackers
- Text
- Contents
- Masks
- Effects
- Transform
- Layer Styles
- Geometry Options
- Material Options
- Audio
- Data
- Essential Properties
Nested groups
- Individual effects
- Individual masks
- Shape groups
- Text Animators
On this page, we’re going to use thisLayer("ADBE Effect Parade") (the “Effects” group) as a sample on how to call these items, however note that any method that returns a PropertyGroup will work.
Attributes
PropertyGroup.name
thisLayer("ADBE Effect Parade").name
Description
Returns the name of the property group.
Type
String
PropertyGroup.numProperties
thisLayer("ADBE Effect Parade").numProperties
Description
Returns the number of properties or groups directly within a group.
Type
Number
Example
To find the number of effects applied to a layer:
thisLayer("ADBE Effect Parade").numPropertiesPropertyGroup.propertyIndex
thisLayer("ADBE Effect Parade").propertyIndex
Description
Returns the index of a property group relative to other properties or groups in its property group.
Type
Number
Methods
PropertyGroup.propertyGroup()
propertyGroup([countUp=1])
Description
Returns a higher-level property group relative to the property group on which the method is called.
See propertyGroup() for additional details.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
countUp | Number | Optional. The number of property groups “up” the hierarchy to climb. Defaults to 1. |