Registering for keyboard events on sp-textarea

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
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Hi, all. I’d like to simulate a form submission when the user enters control/command + enter in an sp-textarea. The only event I can get to fire is the onInput event which doesn’t give me access to things like key codes. Does anyone know of a way to do this? (I assume I could switch to a native HTML input, but I’m trying to stick with the Spectrum look and feel.)

2

Here is a similar topic.
How to know if a dialog is closed with AltKey

3

As far as I can tell, keydown events are broken. Even using the UI kitchen sink sample plugin, they only fire in the following cases:

Text Areas:

  • Space
  • Backspace

Text Fields:

  • Space
  • Backspace
  • Return

Here’s an example:

It does not appear to be possible to “submit” a form when the user types control/command + enter in a text area. @kerrishotts: Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Christian

4

I tried it and confirmed that Enter is not triggered by keydown. This may be on purpose, as area text is expected to be typed frequently with Enter. I look forward to other member’s answers.

5

Not sure what that means, but submit should not be triggered on textarea just with Enter

6

This isn’t about submit. It’s about keydown. keydown events should fire whenever any key is pressed in a multiline textarea or in a single-line textfield. It’s up to the developer to decide what to do with them (submit or not).

7

I got confused because of your previous post about submitting :slight_smile: