ScriptUI.environment.keyboardState.keyName is returning undefined in Windows

Hi Alan,

on Windows 10 I found that keyboardState is NOT registered when you run the code from the ExtendScript Toolkit app.

Run your code from a script file from the Scripts panel in InDesign.

Did not test your code but a similar one:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/press-escape-to-stop-the-script/m-p/10980089#M178962

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

Not sure if this is related. To check which key was pressed I use an defiiferent than what you use. The script below I use (on Windows) to check the names and identifiers of keys:

w = new Window ('dialog');
  w.edit = w.add ('edittext {characters: 5, active: true}');
    w.addEventListener ('keydown', function (kd) {pressed (kd)});
    function pressed (k) {
      $.writeln (k.keyName);
      $.writeln (k.keyIdentifier);
    }
w.show();

keyName is a string like PageUp, Home, or Esc. keyIdentifier is either the same string or a Unicode index. It so happens that the keyName of Esc is 'Esc' and its keyIdentifier is 'undefined'. As far as I know, Pause and Del are the only other keys with an undefined identifier.

Again, I'm not sure if this is related to your problem. But when you use an event listener as set out in the code snippet here, you can catch the Esc key.

P.