Proper syntax for adding a keyboard event listener in Illustrator

Hi all,
Sorry for the newb question. For some reason, I am unable to capture any keyboard action in my extension. Probably doing it wrong....
My extension is a panel that only has buttons. The shortcuts for cut and paste become disabled after clicking on a button and I wanted to see if my extension could capture "command-x" and then fire the command via script.
Seems pretty basic, but for whatever reason I'm stumped. does the below look accurate? Why aren't I seeing any alert?
function keyHandler(){
    window.addEventListener('keypress',
            function(e)
                function that evaluates script to show alert("yuck");
            false);
Also, when I do command A after clicking a button, it selects the objects in my extension panel. Then when I copy.... well, I get this....
LSC
Sure does seem like the panel has focus. Any workarounds?

OK. No wonder. It doesn't appear that the panel can pick up key commands unless it has focus. I created a text input and when that was active, my code worked fine. BUT, my panel doesn't HAVE a text input. I don't mind hacking something together with a hidden or super small box that has hidden focus, but it does not appear that autofucus or document.getElementById("id").focus(); works. Anybody confirm.
Does ANYBODY have any sort of workaround for this frustrating state of affairs. I just need for command + X to actually cut after clicking a button in my panel. I don't care if I have to send a menu-command to jsx. That would be fine. Just need to get focus somehow....

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