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milevic
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March 26, 2019
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Entering text in new line

  • March 26, 2019
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I made a dialog box that contains a text box field for employee comments, that later converts to a text layer.

Is it possible to enter text in a multiple lines on text box (because if I press ENTER, my dialog box closes)?

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Correct answer r-bin
var d = new Window("dialog")  
  
var t1 = d.add("edittext", undefined, "", {multiline:true, scrollable:false});  
t1.preferredSize = [300, 50];  
  
var b = d.add("button", undefined, "OK");  
  
d.defaultElement = null; 
b.onClick = function () { activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.contents = t1.text.replace(/\n/g, "\r"); }  
  
d.show(); 

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r-bin
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March 27, 2019
var d = new Window("dialog")
// for CC2018
var t1 = d.add("edittext", undefined, "", {multiline:true, scrollable:false});
t1.preferredSize = [300, 50];
// for CS6
var t2 = d.add("edittext", undefined, "");
t2.preferredSize = [300, 50];
t2.onEnterKey = function () { this.textselection += "\n"; }
d.add("button", undefined, "OK");
d.defaultElement = null; // to suppress OK button
d.show()
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    milevicAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 27, 2019

    I am almost there It works, but as a result I got layer with whole text in one line. Is it possible to get text in text layer as it's entered into the dialog box.

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    r-binCorrect answer
    Legend
    March 27, 2019
    var d = new Window("dialog")  
      
    var t1 = d.add("edittext", undefined, "", {multiline:true, scrollable:false});  
    t1.preferredSize = [300, 50];  
      
    var b = d.add("button", undefined, "OK");  
      
    d.defaultElement = null; 
    b.onClick = function () { activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.contents = t1.text.replace(/\n/g, "\r"); }  
      
    d.show(); 
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