glyphOrder based on Label Color

HugoJ · February 12, 2023, 9:45pm

Hey !

I’m writing a script to generate glyphOrder to display glyph by Label Color.
I was wondering if there will be a secret/hack technique to do this dynamically.
Actually if a change a Label Color, I need to run script again to refresh glyphOrder.

GeorgSeifert · February 13, 2023, 8:19am

There is a hack. But it will only sort, not do the grouping. And it will be very temporary. So a lot of things done with the font view will reset it.

from AppKit import NSSortDescriptor
sortdescriptor = NSSortDescriptor.sortDescriptorWithKey_ascending_("colorIndex", True)
Font.fontView.glyphsArrayController().setSortDescriptors_([sortdescriptor])

HugoJ · February 14, 2023, 2:58pm

If like me, you are obsessed with Layer Color, I did a script to filter them in FontView.

github.com

HugoJourdan/Glyphs-Script/blob/main/App/Filter Layer Color in FontView.py

#MenuTitle: Filter Layer Color in FontView
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
__doc__="""
Generates a new "glyphOrder" that filters glyphs according to the colour of the selected master layer.
If a glyphOrder already exists, it will create a new one, and switch them when the script is triggered.
"""


import os
import codecs
import re

font = Glyphs.font



# Generate code for custom parameter "glyphOrder"
def GenerateLayerColorGlyphOrder():
	colorMeaning = Map_Keys(Get_Key_File())
	print(colorMeaning)

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HugoJ · February 14, 2023, 3:19pm

It would be awesome if it was possible to do that natively in Glyphs
And that the filtering is dynamic

I found an extra hack :
Just trigger the script when the user is in FontView and changes Selected Master and TA DA ! , it’s dynamic.