ScriptUI problem - only one item can be active

Question

Dear experts
The standard Find/Change panel provides immeate reaction: both the edit field for the search term and the Find button are active. Hence I can work like this:

Invoke the panel with CRTL+F
Type what I want to look for
Press Enter

In ScriptUI i can not mimic this behaviour. The following does not work:
  wPalF.g02.eFindWhat.text   = KLD_F.GetTextOfSelection();
  wPalF.g02.eFindWhat.active = true;
  wPalF.g08.btnFind.active   = true;
  wPalF.show();
Only the button is active when this snipped has been executed.
In ScriptUI  obviously only one element can be active in a dialogue/panel.at a time.
→ Any ideas how to overcome this limitation?

K.Daube · Accepted Answer

At least for this case I have found the solution: change call back event from onChanging to onChange:

  wPalF.g02.eFindWhat.onChange = function () {
    wPalF.g08.btnFind.active  = true;
    KLD_F.bFirstFind = true; // Find cycle starts
    KLD_F.ClearInfoArea ();
  };

Now I can also work like this:

Invoke the panel with ESC, q, f
Type what I want to look for
Press Enter
Press Enter for the next find...

Hopefully there are no obstacles towards the activation of short-cut keys for other elements...

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