TextLayerCreateOptions

An object literal can be constructed with any of the following properties and passed to Document.createLayer. As a type, TextLayerCreateOptions can be used in Typescript development.

const options = { name: "myTextLayer", contents: "Hello, World!", fontSize: 24, position: {x: 200, y: 300} };
await require('photoshop').app.activeDocument.createLayer(options);
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1const options = { name: "myTextLayer", contents: "Hello, World!", fontSize: 24, position: {x: 200, y: 300} };
2await require('photoshop').app.activeDocument.createLayer(options);

Name	Type	Default	Min Version	Description
blendMode	BlendMode	NORMAL	22.5	Blend mode of the newly created layer or group.
color	LabelColors	NONE	22.5	Label color of the newly created layer or group.
contents	string	"Lorem Ipsum"	24.2	Text content of the newly created text layer.
fontName	string	"MyriadPro-Regular"	24.2	Font PostScript name of the newly created text layer.
fontSize	number	12px	24.2	Font size of the newly created text layer in pixels.
group	boolean	false	22.5	Whether to use previous layer to create clipping mask.
~~mode~~	BlendMode	NORMAL	22.5	Deprecated, please use `blendMode` above as it will override this value.
name	string	-	22.5	Name of the newly created layer. If no value is provided, then a name will be generated following the template, "Layer #".
opacity	number	100	22.5	Opacity of the newly created layer or group.
position	object	document center.	24.2	Insertion coordinates of the newly created text layer, in pixels
position.x	number	-	prop???	-
position.y	number	-	prop???	-
textColor	SolidColor	black	24.2	Text color of the newly created text layer.

Pixel Layer Create Options

Other Options

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