"Toggle mask visibility" shortcut?

Is there a keyboard shortcut for "Toggle mask visibility"? I can do this by ALT-clicking on the layer's mask, but I would like to assign a shortcut for this on a button on my Wacom Intuos 4 drawing tablet. So far I haven't found a menu shortcut for it, nor have I found a way to add my own (Edit-Keyboard shortcuts) as the function isn't listed there.

There are some big difference between (Alt+Click) on the Layer's Layer Mask Icon in the Layer palette. There does not have to be a current target the cursor position sets the target. And (Alt-Click) is a toggle. An Action step "Select mask channel is quite different. If nothing is targeted. If the top layer has a layer mask it will become the Photoshop target and be displayed grayscale in the image window. If there is a currently targeted layer that has a layer mask that layer's layer mask will become the Photoshop target and it will be displayed grayscale in the image window. For any other document state that step will fail with an error message like its not a currently available option. The step is also not a toggle.
To tell the truth I do understand why the op ask the question. For the toggle requires a mouse position and a click. With their Wacom Intuos4 they can set a express key to Alt. The tablet may even be come configured the way. When they press the express and click the pen it will be a toggled. In Any case there needs to be a mouse position and a click to set the target weather they use the (Alt-Click) toggle or they use an action to display a Layer mask in the image window grayscale. Something has to target a layer with a layer mask. In an action that state may exist as a result of prior steps. An action with "Select mask channel" as the first step can easily fail for the current Photoshop target may not a the requited layer mask.

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I have heard good comments about indesign scripting community.
It occurred to ask a Photoshop scripting question here given the good reputation of this community.
The photoshop document has a layer with a layer mask.
Using the extended script or javascript,
How would I test if the layer mask is visible or hidden?
Trying to create a script that toggles the visibility of a layer mask.
So far the script can call the showMask or hideMask functions independently.
The next step is to test for the mask visibility and call the corresponding function.
I believe this can be achieved with an if statement.
// if mask visible
     call hideMask()
// if mask not visible
     call showMask()
#target photoshop
//Make Photoshop the formost Application
app.bringToFront();
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        var layerRef=docRef.layers.getByName("255 fill");      //"Layer Name"
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        // call hideMask function
        //hideMask ();
        //toggle mask visibility
else {
    alert("No documents are open");
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function showHideMask () {
    // showMask
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    var idslct = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
        var desc21 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
            var ref21 = new ActionReference();
            var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
            var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
            var idMsk = charIDToTypeID( "Msk " );
            ref21.putEnumerated( idChnl, idChnl, idMsk );
        desc21.putReference( idnull, ref21 );
        var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" );
        desc21.putBoolean( idMkVs, true );
    executeAction( idslct, desc21, DialogModes.NO );
function hideMask () {
    // hideMask
    // =======================================================
        var idslct = charIDToTypeID( "slct" );
            var desc22 = new ActionDescriptor();
            var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
                var ref22 = new ActionReference();
                var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                var idRGB = charIDToTypeID( "RGB " );
                ref22.putEnumerated( idChnl, idChnl, idRGB );
            desc22.putReference( idnull, ref22 );
            var idMkVs = charIDToTypeID( "MkVs" );
            desc22.putBoolean( idMkVs, false );
        executeAction( idslct, desc22, DialogModes.NO );

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Toggle layer visibility

Hello,
I need one keyboard shortcut that toggles visibility of one of layers.
I paint and need to toggle on and off one layer below (layer with a reference picture, not one i paint on). with a shortcut painting process will be not break as with case click at icon.
tried to make toggle layer visibility with actions unfortunately with no success.
it is possibility to toggle active layer visibility by add shortcut in keyboard shortcuts preferences but here it going not about active layer.
I have no experience with scripting.
thank you!

For this to work as written there can only be one layer in the document named 'Ref' otherwise it will toggle the top most layer with that name.
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            ref.putName( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), name );
        list.putReference( ref );
    desc.putList( charIDToTypeID('null'), list );
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    var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
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Toggle Group Visibility while sorting results in error

I have a custom website in which we have embedded SQL Server Reporting Services reports.
The report in question has 3 nested row groups. The parent group is always shown, but the 2 child groups default to hidden and have their visibility toggled by the parent group. This works fine by itself.
There are several columns for which we've enabled Interactive Sorting. This also works fine by itself.
The problem occurs when the user sorts a column first, then toggles the visibility of the child groups. Toggling the groups before sorting works fine for some reason. The Error only occurs when sorting, then toggling visibility.
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The value for parameter 'SortItem' is not specified. It is either missing from the function call, or it is set to null. (rsMissingParameter) Get
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There is no parameter in the report called "SortItem", so this seems to be some internal error which is triggered from this specific sequence of events.
Additionally, this error only occurs when the report is embedded in the custom website. This error does not occur when running the report in the standard reporting server website or in Visual Studio.
Any ideas on how to fix this?

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Using hyperlink to toggle layer visibility?

Okay, I've got a few threads going in other forums on this, and I'm getting a little frustrated with retyping it all, so I'm going to try to be brief... if you have any questions on what I'm trying to do, sorry for being vague, just ask and I'll try to clarify (I know, I hate posts that don't give enough info to work from).
OKay... I work with surveillance systems, and for one customer, I'm taking existing PDFs they have of site floorplans, loading them into Ilustrator CS5, adding icons and text showing camera locations and fields-of-view, then exporting to PDF, loading that into Acrobat Pro X, and adding a hyperlink to each camera icon that when clicked, will open a window with a still capture from that camera, so they can see what the view is "supposed" to look like.
This works fairly well, and the client is happy with it... there's just one annoyance: every click produces a dialog box warning about opening an external program, and in newer versions of Reader, there's no "Don't display this again" checkbox. A way around this would be great, but I had a better idea:
I'm already creating layers in Illustrator: one for the floor plan, a second for the camera icons, a third for the text, and a fourth blank one so I can "swap out" the underlying floor/camera info without losing the hyperlinks (anywhere from 16 to 30, depending on the site).
I had the idea that what I could do, is add a separate layer for each camera's sample image, which would allow me to add the image directly to the document, and have it just appear over the floor plan, rather than loading in a separate app. Then I could have the image layers start out invisible, and toggle the visibility by clicking the camera icon.
So I found this article that describes changing layer visibility from a hyperlink: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615109794195ff-7 c5b.w.html
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Forget that help page example, it's only practicable if you're setting a very simple pattern of layers.
Instead, you should look at the JavaScript commands to control the visibility of individual layers, referencing them by their stacking order or name.
For example this snippet will turn on the layer called "camera1":
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for (var i=0; i < ocgArray.length; i++) {
if (ocgArray[i].name=="camera1") ocgArray[i].state = true;
You can easily extend this idea by creating a document-level function in the PDF, and calling that function from your links. For example if all your camera layers are named "camera1","camera2", etc. and you have a doc-level function like this:
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then you can set your links to "run a JavaScript" and enter a single-line command such as showCamLayer("camera4")

Layer mask visibility

Hi, I am trying to figure out how to set the mask visibility in Elements 9. If I create a mask, it sometimes comes in handy to see where you have been. In other programs I use you can turn the mask red for instance. Can't find that feature in pse 9 When a mask is turned red it would also be easier to see the different shades and oppacities you use.
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Before:
You really only needed to uncheck Auto-select when you wanted to use the layser stack to make your selection on what to move. This could be useful, especially if you had lots overlapping layers but in most web-design workflows was rather an exception than the rule.
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