1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js b/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js
index 860868e5..395b2b76 100644
--- a/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js
+++ b/js/panels/Timeline/TimelinePanel.reel/TimelinePanel.js
@@ -806,6 +806,24 @@ var TimelinePanel = exports.TimelinePanel = Montage.create(Component, {
                 
         }
     },
+    
+    getLayerIndexByName : {
+        value: function(layerName) {
+                // Get the index in this.arrLayers that matches a particular layerName
+                // Returns false if no match
+                var i = 0, 
+                        returnVal = false,
+                        arrLayersLength = this.arrLayers.length;
+                        
+                for (i=0; i < arrLayersLength; i++) {
+                        if (this.arrLayers[i].layerName === layerName) {
+                                returnVal = i;
+                        }
+                }
+                
+                return returnVal;
+        }
+    },
 
     insertLayer: {
             value: function() {