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exitField

exitField

Handler:

on exitField
   statements
end exitField
HyperCard sends the exitField message to an unlocked field when, after clicking in a field or tabbing to it, a user (or handler) removes the insertion point from the field without changing any of its text.


Placeholders

statements
Any return-separated list of built-in commands, user-defined handlers, or keywords that are part of a message or function handler.

put "Hello world"   -- built-in command
get total(field 1)  -- function call
global HelpInfo     -- keyword


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Note: This is a work in progress and will be formatting errors. Read more about the project on the home page.

exitField

exitField

Handler:

on exitField
   statements
end exitField
HyperCard sends the exitField message to an unlocked field when, after clicking in a field or tabbing to it, a user (or handler) removes the insertion point from the field without changing any of its text.


Placeholders

statements
Any return-separated list of built-in commands, user-defined handlers, or keywords that are part of a message or function handler.

put "Hello world"   -- built-in command
get total(field 1)  -- function call
global HelpInfo     -- keyword


Related Topics

« errorDialog | HyperTalk Reference | idle »

Version 0.7b1 (March 24, 2022)

Made with Macintosh

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