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clickLine

the clickLine

Value returned: line chunk expression equal to the line that the user clicked or, if the text has been grouped, the first line of the longest range of lines with the text style Group around the character that the user clicked

The text style Group allows the clickLine to extend beyond one line.

The chunk expression returned has the following form:

line posInteger of container

Examples

put the clickLine into theLine

select theLine

put the value of the clickLine into theLineClicked

put the textFont of the clickLine into theFont

put the textStyle of the clickLine into theStyle

Demo Script

on clickDemo

  answer "Click any line of the Demo Script."

  wait until the mouseClick

  get the clickLine

  select it

  wait 1 second

  answer "The clickline is:" & return & it & return

end clickDemo

Placeholders

posInteger

An expression that evaluates to a positive integer.

For example:

3

67 mod 13

the number of bg fields

the number of backgrounds

the number of cards div 2

See also: background, bkgnd, button, card, chunk, field, menu, and menuItem

container

HyperTalk Definition

A place where you can store and retrieve a value.

There are six types of containers in HyperCard: a variable, a button, a field, the selection, the Message box, and menus.

myVariable

[the] selection

the Message box

btn 3

bg btn "Names"

card field 1

bkgnd field "Total"

menu 2

menu "Edit"

Additionally, you can refer to a button or field by its part number:

card part 1

last background part

AppleScript Definition

An object that contains one or more other objects, known as elements of the container. In a reference, the container specifies where to find an object. You specify containers with the reserved words of or in.

You can also use the possesive form ('s) to specify containers. For example, in

first window's name

the container is first window. The object it contains is a name property.

HyperTalk Reference

Version 0.8b4 (July 4, 2025)