"Return" will not be captured with Script UI

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November 11, 2025
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Thsi Script exports PDF files to a given folder without saving the current AI-file.

When one of the dialoge windows is open, I can navigate through the options and choose them with space-key. So the button gets blue higlighted but the predefined keeps its white outline. But hitting "Return" an the blue colored button, will not work at all. It will activate the white outlined button.
Space will activate the blue higlighted instead, like one would expect it from "Retrun", too.

Any idea how to capture "Return" when choosing e.g. "Abbrechen" in this dialogue?

function askDocumentChoice() {
    var dlg = new Window("dialog", "Welche Dokumente speichern?");

    dlg.add("Group {orientation:'row', alignment:['fill','top']}").add("statictext", undefined, "Sollen alle geöffneten Dokumente gespeichert werden?");
    dlg.add("Group {orientation:'row', alignment:['fill','top']}").add("statictext", undefined, "(oder nur das aktuelle?)");

    var buttonRow = dlg.add("Group {orientation:'row', alignment:['right','top']}");

    var btnCurrent = buttonRow.add("button", undefined, "Nur aktuelles");
    var btnAll = buttonRow.add("button", undefined, "Alle", { name: 'ok' });
    var btnCancel = buttonRow.add("button", undefined, "Abbrechen", { name: 'cancel' });

    btnCurrent.onClick = function() { dlg.close(0); };
    btnAll.onClick = function() { dlg.close(1); };
    btnCancel.onClick = function() { dlg.close(-1); };

    dlg.defaultElement = btnAll;
    dlg.cancelElement = btnCancel;

    dlg.center();
    return dlg;
}

Scripting

RobOctopus

Inspiring

I don't see your dlg.show() line anywhere, but writing it to say "return dlg.show()" will return the number values passed through the .close() method.

function askDocumentChoice() {
    var dlg = new Window("dialog", "Welche Dokumente speichern?");

    dlg.add("Group {orientation:'row', alignment:['fill','top']}").add("statictext", undefined, "Sollen alle geöffneten Dokumente gespeichert werden?");
    dlg.add("Group {orientation:'row', alignment:['fill','top']}").add("statictext", undefined, "(oder nur das aktuelle?)");

    var buttonRow = dlg.add("Group {orientation:'row', alignment:['right','top']}");

    var btnCurrent = buttonRow.add("button", undefined, "Nur aktuelles");
    var btnAll = buttonRow.add("button", undefined, "Alle", { name: 'ok' });
    var btnCancel = buttonRow.add("button", undefined, "Abbrechen", { name: 'cancel' });

    btnCurrent.onClick = function() { return dlg.close(0); };
    btnAll.onClick = function() { return dlg.close(1); };
    btnCancel.onClick = function() { return dlg.close(4); };

    dlg.defaultElement = btnAll;
    dlg.cancelElement = btnCancel;

    return dlg.show()
}

alert(askDocumentChoice())

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0771Author

Participating Frequently

While btnCurrent is blue, Space will return "0" and Return will return "1"

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0771Author

Participating Frequently

@0771 I'm not understanding what you want to happen. Do you want to be able to override the normal behaviour which is that pressing Return triggers the designated "OK" button (the window's defaultElement)? In other words do you want pressing Return to work like pressing Space?

@m1b Right, as a user Space is no common way to navigate or at least to confirm dialogues. I thinnk this is for nerds only ;D so Return key or Enter key is usually the expected way to confirm an activated button. That's why I want it to wark like Space ...