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[Q] Handling selection changed event

Hi all,

Is it possible to handle when selection has changed in ExtendScript?

I'd like to do like following code, but I'm not sure the capabilities.

I appreciate any comment or suggestions.

Thank you.

Test code: not working
#target illustrator testOnChange = function(param){ alert("App selection has changed."); } app.selection.addEventListener("change", testOnChange, false);

Test code: not working

#target illustrator

testOnChange = function(param){

alert("App selection has changed.");

}

app.selection.addEventListener("change", testOnChange, false);

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Hi,

Illustrator dosen't support selection events.

If you want to trigger such events, You need to make Plugin like HostAdapter.aip and CEP extension that bridge events to Extendscript.

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Ten A, Thank you very much for the pointer. I'll check into the details.

I've got your link also.

CEP extension is fine for our case. Actually it would be better that no need to think about JSX to CEP.

Thank you

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You can read as reference about Extensions:

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