Expression with thisLayer Controls

for thisLayer you do not need to include a variable declaring it. However, for best practises I always find it a good idea to include it so the expression is easily editable in the future.

Example 1:

Property: position Controls: Slider Description: adjusts position with an x slider and y slider

/*
===expression.lib functions===
addSliderControl('thisLayer','X Position',0);
addSliderControl('thisLayer','Y Position',0);
===expression.lib end functions===
*/
//set target
var target = thisLayer;
//get effects from target
var xSlider = target.effect("X Position")("Slider");
var ySlider = target.effect("Y Position")("Slider");
//set x Position
var x = value[0] + xSlider;
//set y position
var y = value[1] + ySlider;
[x,y]

Example 2:

Property: rotation Controls: Slider, Angle Description: Sets the rotation to the angle * the slider

/*
===expression.lib functions===
addSliderControl('thisLayer','multiplier',0);
addAngleControl('thisLayer','rotation',10);
===expression.lib end functions===
*/
//set target
var target = thisLayer;
//get effects from target
var multi = target.effect("multiplier")("Slider");
var rot = target.effect("rotation")("Angle");
//set rotation
rot*multi

Example 3:

Property: scale Controls: Slider, Checkbox Description: Add the slider value to base value when checkbox is ticked.

/*
===expression.lib functions===
addSliderControl('thisLayer','Increase Amount',100);
addCheckboxControl('thisLayer','Size Increase',0);
===expression.lib end functions===
*/
//set target
var target = thisLayer;
//get effects from target
var checkbox = target.effect("Size Increase")("Checkbox");
var increase = target.effect("Increase Amount")("Slider");
//set scale
if ( checkbox == 1 ) {	
    [value[0] + increase, value[1] + increase]
}else {	
    value;
}