Shortcut : Alt + pressing a plugin's button

Photoshop UXP Plugin API
1

Hi everybody

could you please suggest me how could I catch when the user press the Alt key on the keyboard while pressing a button of my plugin ?

Thanks
Daniele

2

You need to check it in the click event. Something like this in React (you can easily change it to normal JS)

<button onClick={ (event) => {
     event.preventDefault() ;
     if (event.altKey) {
       // Alt is pressed
     }
   } }
>Click me</button>
3

Thnk you @Karmalakas , you are always so kind and helpful !

4

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Where would I input an alt key in this?

I want my script to hideAll when alt click is pressed.

5

I’m sorry but I’m not able to help in this case

6

you don’t setup the event to use with alt, but instead, in function, check if the event occured with altKey selected

7

Rather than call your function directly in the event listener, call it conditionally within an anonymous function instead.

// Listen for click event with anonymous function callback, passing in the event as a parameter 
.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
  // Conditional logic
  if (somethingIsTrue) {
    // Any condition code, e.g.:
    aFunctionCall();
  }
})
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8

As always, you’re awesome. Thanks man!

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