How to cope with a document with no selected layers

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to write a script that needs to check the uniformity of each layer and rename each layer accordingly.

Apparently I managed to do that but it happens that if no layer is selected the script won't work.

So I came up with this solution (this is just a section of the script):

#target photoshop

if (app.documents.length) {

var strtRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;

var strtTypeUnits = app.preferences.typeUnits;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

app.preferences.typeUnits = TypeUnits.PIXELS;

var docRef = app.activeDocument;

//DODGY WAY TO SELECT TOP LAYER

var ghostLyr = docRef.artLayers.add()

ghostLyr.move (docRef, ElementPlacement.PLACEATBEGINNING)

docRef.activeLayer.remove()

//DODGY WAY TO SELECT BACKGROUND

var ghostLyr = docRef.artLayers.add()

ghostLyr.move (docRef, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND)

docRef.activeLayer.remove()

}

So basically I create an empty layer, place it on top or bottom and immediately delete it, so the layer beneath automatically selects.

Any better idea?

It looks like a workaround to me, it works, but it is... dodgy.

Thanks for all the help!

MD