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mouseDown

mouseDown

Handler:

on mouseDown
statements
end mouseDown

HyperCard sends the mouseDown message to a button or to a locked field when the user presses the mouse button down and the pointer is inside the rectangle of the button or field.

HyperCard sends mouseDown to the current card when the user presses the mouse button down and the pointer is not in the rectangle of a button or field.

Related Topics

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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