"keydown" and "keyup" events not recognised in AI CS6

[femkeblanco]

"keydown" and "keyup" events do not seem to be recognised in AI CS6.  The snippet below works fine in AI CS4.  It is just me or is this across the board?  What's the case in CC?  Is there a way around this?  Thanks in advance. 

var window1 = new Window("dialog");
    var ed1 = window1.add("edittext", undefined, "0");
    var change = function (e) {
        if (e.keyName == "Up") {ed1.text = Number(ed1.text)+1};
        if (e.keyName == "Down") {ed1.text = Number(ed1.text)-1};
    }
    ed1.addEventListener("keydown", function (e) {change(e)});
window1.show();

[Silly-V]

Try on "keypress" ? 

[femkeblanco]

Thanks.  I tried "keypress".  I didn't work in either CS6 or CS4.

[chanaart]

Please contact Customer Care: http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html They can login to your system.

Maybe they can help. 

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi @chanaart 

I don't think that Customer Care will be helpful in Illustrator Scripting questions. Sorry

@femkeblanco 

Please try the following (I haven't CS6 for testing):

var window1 = new Window("dialog");
    var ed1 = window1.add("edittext", undefined, "0");
    ed1.active = true;
    var change = function (e) {
        if (e.keyName == "Up") {ed1.text = Number(ed1.text)+1};
        if (e.keyName == "Down") {ed1.text = Number(ed1.text)-1};
    }
    ed1.addEventListener("keydown", function (e) {change(e)});
window1.show();

If that works for you

have fun

😉

[femkeblanco]

Thanks.  I tired that too.  But no luck.

[pixxxelschubser]

Strange.

Works for me in all newer versions.

[CarlosCanto]

same here it's not working on CS6, but it does work on CC2021

[CarlosCanto · Accepted solution]

I noticed that the Arrow keys and the Function keys don't work. All other keys work fine. I wonder if that has anything to do with the "Function" key that allows us to have two different set of function on the same key ie my Left Arrow and Home use the same key.

if using other keys works for you, you can try this. I'm using "comma" and "point" keys instead of "up" and "down"

// https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/quot-keydown-quot-and-quot-keyup-quot-events-not-recognised-in-ai-cs6/m-p/11785169?page=1#M261383
// "keydown", "keyup" event don't work on CS6

var w = new Window ("dialog"),
ed = w.add ("edittext", undefined, 0),
oldText = Number(ed.text);

ed.characters = 6;
ed.active = true;
ed.onChanging = function(){changed()};

w.show();

function changed() {
     if (ed.text.match(/,/) != null){
         ed.text = oldText + 1;
         oldText = Number(ed.text);
         return;
     }
      if (ed.text.match(/\./) != null){
         ed.text = oldText - 1;
         oldText = Number(ed.text);
         return;
     }
     oldText = Number(ed.text);
}

[femkeblanco]

In the cold light of day, the arrow keys not working isn't that big of a deal to me.  However, your solution is ingenious.  Thank you.