Selecting multiple text layers bug

Question

I have found this post from April where the bug was acknowledged in the beta: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4306413#4306413.
I now have the official release of CS6, and I am still seeing this issue. And for clarification, here's what the issue is:
- I start off creating a text layer with a font size of 20px.
- I then transform this layer to make it larger.
- I copy the layer over so I have identical text layers.
- When I select each individually, I am shown the new, larger font size, we'll just say 40px. But when I select both together, it shows the original font size of 20px in the character palette. When I increase the font size with both selected to say 30px, it actually makes the text more like 60px.
Will this bug actually get fixed?
Thanks for any insight you can give.
And for more info, I am running CS6 off of OSX Lion.

Answer 1

I was going to suggest a script, but it seems that there are major bugs in the javascript DOM.
It will only set the size if the text has not been transformed and then is not acurate (+- .5), this is a bug.
If the text has been transformed the new text size has to be divided by the transform factor, this is a bug.
Tested with Windows 7 and Photoshop CS6 version 13.0.1 so don't know what state other versions are in.
This script will work for the above version and O.S.
N.B. if Photoshop gets the bugs fixed this script will no longer work correctly!
#target photoshop
app.bringToFront();
if(documents.length) app.activeDocument.suspendHistory('Set Font Size', 'main()');
function main(){
var win = new Window('dialog','Set Font Size');
g = win.graphics;
var myBrush = g.newBrush(g.BrushType.SOLID_COLOR, [0.99, 0.99, 0.99, 1]);
g.backgroundColor = myBrush;
win.p1= win.add("panel", undefined, undefined, {borderStyle:"black"});
win.g1 = win.p1.add('group');
win.g1.orientation = "row";
win.title = win.g1.add('statictext',undefined,'Set Font Size');
win.title.alignment="fill";
var g = win.title.graphics;
g.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Georgia","BOLDITALIC",22);
win.g5 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g5.orientation = "row";
win.g5.alignment='left';
win.g5.rb1 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'All text layers');
win.g5.rb2 = win.g5.add('radiobutton',undefined,'Selected text layers');
win.g5.rb1.value=true;
win.g10 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g10.orientation = "row";
win.g10.alignment='left';
win.g10.st1 = win.g10.add('statictext',undefined,'Please enter text size..');
win.g10.et1 = win.g10.add('edittext');
win.g10.et1.preferredSize=[50,20];
win.g10.et1.onChanging = function() {
  if (this.text.match(/[^\-\.\d]/)) {
    this.text = this.text.replace(/[^\-\.\d]/g, '');
win.g100 =win.p1.add('group');
win.g100.orientation = "row";
win.g100.alignment='fill';
win.g100.bu1 = win.g100.add('button',undefined,'Set Font Size');
win.g100.bu1.preferredSize=[130,25];
win.g100.bu2 = win.g100.add('button',undefined,'Cancel');
win.g100.bu2.preferredSize=[130,25];
win.g100.bu1.onClick=function(){
if(win.g10.et1.text == ''){
    alert("No text size has been entered!");
    return;
win.close(0);
var txtList = new Array();
if(win.g5.rb1.value){
    txtList = getTxtLayers();
    }else{
var sels = getSelectedLayersIdx();
for(var z in sels){
var isTxtArray = isTxtLayer(Number(sels[z]));
if(isTxtArray == false) continue;
isTxtArray = String(isTxtArray).split(',');
    txtList.push([[Number(isTxtArray[0])],[String(isTxtArray[1])]]);
for(var s in txtList){
    selectLayerById(Number(txtList[s][0]));
if(String(app.version).match(/^\d+/) == 13){
if(getTextdivideFactor() != 0){
app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.size= (Number(win.g10.et1.text)/Number(getTextdivideFactor()));
}else{
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.size= (Number(win.g10.et1.text));
}else{
    app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.size= (Number(win.g10.et1.text));
win.show();
function getTextdivideFactor(){
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
var textSize =  desc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('textStyleRange')).getObjectValue(0).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textStyle')).getDouble (stringIDToTypeID('size'));
if (desc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID('transform'))) {
            var mFactor = desc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('transform')).getUnitDoubleValue (stringIDToTypeID("yy") );
            return mFactor;
return 0;
function selectLayerById(ID, add) {
    add = (add == undefined)  ? add = false : add;
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIdentifier(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), ID);
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
desc.putReference(charIDToTypeID('null'), ref);
if (add) {
  desc.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifier'), stringIDToTypeID('selectionModifierType'), stringIDToTypeID('addToSelection'));
desc.putBoolean(charIDToTypeID('MkVs'), false);
executeAction(charIDToTypeID('slct'), desc, DialogModes.NO);
function isTxtLayer(idx){
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), idx );
var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
var isTxt = new Array();
if(desc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'))){
var Id = desc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID( 'layerID' ));
var layerName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID( 'Nm  ' ));
isTxt.push([[Id],[layerName]]);
return isTxt;
}else{ return false;}
function getTxtLayers(){
   var ref = new ActionReference();
   ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn'), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
   var count = executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID('NmbL')) +1;
   var Names=[];
try{
    activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
var i = 0; }catch(e){ var i = 1; };
   for(i;i<count;i++){
       if(i == 0) continue;
        ref = new ActionReference();
        ref.putIndex( charIDToTypeID( 'Lyr ' ), i );
        var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
        var layerName = desc.getString(charIDToTypeID( 'Nm  ' ));
        var Id = desc.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID( 'layerID' ));
        if(layerName.match(/^<\/Layer group/) ) continue;
        if(desc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID("textKey"))) Names.push([[Id],[layerName]]);
return Names;
function getSelectedLayersIdx(){
      var selectedLayers = new Array;
      var ref = new ActionReference();
      ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Dcmn"), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
      var desc = executeActionGet(ref);
      if( desc.hasKey( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ) ) ){
         desc = desc.getList( stringIDToTypeID( 'targetLayers' ));
          var c = desc.count
          var selectedLayers = new Array();
          for(var i=0;i<c;i++){
            try{
               activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex() );
            }catch(e){
               selectedLayers.push(  desc.getReference( i ).getIndex()+1 );
       }else{
         var ref = new ActionReference();
         ref.putProperty( charIDToTypeID("Prpr") , charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ));
         ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
         try{
            activeDocument.backgroundLayer;
            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" ))-1);
         }catch(e){
            selectedLayers.push( executeActionGet(ref).getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "ItmI" )));
     var vis = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible;
        if(vis == true) app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = false;
        var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var list9 = new ActionList();
    var ref9 = new ActionReference();
    ref9.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
    list9.putReference( ref9 );
    desc9.putList( charIDToTypeID('null'), list9 );
    executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Shw '), desc9, DialogModes.NO );
    if(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible == false) selectedLayers.shift();
        app.activeDocument.activeLayer.visible = vis;
      return selectedLayers;