Listening for mouse click events in "Artboard"/"Pasteboard" or outside of plugins menu interface

Adobe XD UXP Plugin API
#1

i want my code to check if a selection has been made or not. not sure 100% how to do this. Idk if theres a way to see if someone clicks outside of the plugin menu interface or if theres a way to listen and check for mouse clicks globally and to see if a selection has been made.

basically what i want to do is disable buttons if nothing is selected and if something is selected then i enable those buttons… in order to do that i need to listen to mouse click or selection globally

any help into the right direction would help. thank you!

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#2

The solution is fairly simple using a panel plugin.

Your panel gets a documentChanged callback each time the selection changes and you can inspect the selection (which may be empty) and do whatever you need.

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#3

where can i find this event. I have been looking thru the documentation and google and i cant find it.
You said this is a plugin? where can i find this plugin?

#4

https://adobexdplatform.com/plugin-docs/tutorials/quick-start-panel/

I’m talking about the update lifecycle method.

#5

im sorry for being so dumb, im reading the documentation but im still having hard time figuring out how to get that callback. Could you just elaborate a little. Im very grateful for your help. thank you so much

#6

All I can suggest is to look at that tutorial carefully, since it explains it better than I could here, without just re-creating the tutorial.

#7

ok thanks ill just recreate that tutorial then thanks for your feedback!!