In Scriptui, does using the ESC key work to close a palette as it does a dialog?

[rechmbrs]

In Scriptui, does using the ESC key work to close a palette as it does a dialog?  I've always used the ESC key for closing dialogs and had to put a button with onClick= win.close(); in a palette to close the window.

I have colored buttons working in a palette also.

RONC

[r-bin]

Try to use

palette.addEventListener("keydown", key_handle, false);

function key_handle(e)
{
if (e.keyIdentifier == "U+001B") palette.close;

// or

if (e.keyName == "Escape") palette.close;
}

// not tested

For this to work, there must always be an active control.

Force set
some_control.active = true;

[rechmbrs]

r-bin,

Thanks for the response.

Doesn't "some_control.active = true;" mean that the palette has to have been touched by the cursor for the ESC to work?  If so, it is same amount of work for user as a close button.  Without it, we loose backward compatiblity but make user do two things to close the palette.  I'm going to try it but was just wondering about it's use.

Another question:  the CALC has grown to over a 100 buttons which means I need to make it fit within the screen dimensions or that some options have to be turned off.  How do I get the screen width and height so I can check on whether the palette will fit?

You might like to see the CALC part and it's colored buttons.  Here is a screen capture with one user's color scheme:

Palette with colored buttons and text

Thanks to you and K,  this tool is very helpful.  I plan to put the CALC part on GIThub it a while.

RONC

[Kukurykus]

$.screens

[rechmbrs]

K,

Thanks.  Just what I needed.

RONC

[Geppetto Luis]

You can see the calculator panel code
I still don't understand what it is

[rechmbrs]

geppettol66959005,

CALC is a simple scientific calculator that is part of a larger calculator which attaches to a number of databases to supply the user with info in processing an image.  I'm not at liberty to discuss that part any further.

As I said I will release the source code to GIThub hopefully soon for the CALC palette.  r-bin and K have been extremely helpful getting to this stage.

RONC

[Ben-ind]

I am also curious why you have to have an active control to make this work. For example in the below example script:

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#targetengine "session"; // not needed in Illustrator/AfterEffects

myPalette = new Window ("palette", "Example_2", undefined);

myPalette.addEventListener("keydown", function (kd) {key_pressed(kd)})

Cancel_button = myPalette.add("button", undefined, "Cancel")

myPalette.show()

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You cannot close the palette without clicking the x in the top right. However, in the below example script:

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#targetengine "session"; // not needed in Illustrator/AfterEffects

myPalette = new Window ("palette", "Example_2", undefined);

myPalette.addEventListener("keydown", function (kd) {key_pressed(kd)})

var edit = myPalette.add ("edittext")

edit.active = true;

Cancel_button = myPalette.add("button", undefined, "Cancel")

myPalette.show()

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You are able to hit the ESC key to close the pannel, but only if the editbox is active. So for example, if you were in the palette, clicked off of the exit box, then hit the ESC key, the palette would not close. If you clicked on the editibox and hit the ESC key, the palette would close. 

I want to know if it is possible to use the ESC key to close a palette without going through an editbox. I want to just have the palette open and be able to hit the ESC key to close it. Seems simple enough. Does anyone know how to do this?