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powerKeys

set [the] powerKeys to trueOrFalse

The powerKeys property returns or sets whether the you can use keyboard shortcuts for painting actions.

HyperCard determines the default setting for powerKeys at startup (and when HyperCard resumes after being suspended) from the Power Keys option on the Preferences card of the Home stack.


Examples

set the powerKeys to true

Placeholders

trueOrFalse
Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.

For example:

true
false
the hilite of bg btn "Yes"
fld "Zip" contains "95014"
the short name of this stack is "Fred"

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