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bottomRight

the bottomRight of card
set [the] bottomRight of button ¬
to point
set [the] bottomRight of field ¬
to point
get [the] bottomRight of menuBar

The bottomRight property returns or sets a point equal to items 3 and 4 of an element’s rectangle. If you set the bottomRight of an element, it moves; the element's size remains the same.

You can’t set the bottomRight of cards: use the rect, height, and width properties to resize the cards in a stack.

HyperCard determines the bottomRight of buttons, fields, and built-in windows relative to the top-left corner of the current card. It determines the bottomRight of the card window relative to the top-left corner of the screen with the menu bar.

Examples

the bottomRight of card button 1
the bottomRight of bkgnd field id 34
the bottomRight of this card
the botRight of card window
set the botRight of bkgnd button "Next" to the botRight of bg btn "Prev"

Related Topics

Placeholders

card

An expression that identifies a card by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”):

recent card
back
forth
card id posInteger [of bkgnd
card text [of bkgnd] -- name
card posInteger [of bkgnd] -- number
ordinal card [of bkgnd]
position card [of bkgnd]
ordinal marked card
position marked card
marked card posInteger

For example:

card id 3894
card "Index"
card 1 of background 1
prev card
previous card of this background
next card
this card
first card
last card
middle card
any card
first marked card
last marked card
next marked card
previous marked card
marked card 1
marked card (the number of marked cards)

When used inside a card script in HyperTalk: me

When a card receives a message: [the] target

See also: button and field

button

HyperTalk Definition

An expression that identifies a button by name, number, or id, using one of the following forms:

[card] button id posInteger [of card]
[card] button text [of card] -- name
[card] button posInteger [of card]
ordinal [card] button [of card]
bkgnd button id posInteger [of card]
bkgnd button text [of card] -- name
bkgnd button posInteger [of card]
ordinal bkgnd button [of card]

For example:

card button id 3894
card button "Return"
card button 1
first card button
bkgnd button 2 of card 2
last bkgnd button

When used inside a button script: me

When a button receives a message: [the] target

A button can also be referred to as a part when you’re talking about its position among all buttons and fields within the same card or background.

AppleScript Definition

An expression that identifies a button by name, number, or id, using the same forms as HyperTalk except that “background” must be used in place of “bkgnd”.

point

HyperTalk Definition

An expression that evaluates to a specific screen location, in the form of two integers separated by a comma.

Item 1 of a point is the horizontal offset (in pixels). Item 2 of a point is the vertical offset (in pixels). For example:

91,303
"91,303"
"30" & "," & "100"
the clickLoc

AppleScript Definition

An expression that evaluates to a specific screen location, in the form of a list with two integer elements. For example:

{ 91, 303 }
clickLoc

field

An expression that identifies a field by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”):

card field id posInteger [[of] card]
card field text [of card] -- name
card field posInteger [of card]
ordinal card field [of card]
[bkgnd] field id posInteger [of card]
[bkgnd] field text [of card] -- name
[bkgnd] field posInteger [of card]
ordinal [bkgnd] field [of card]
For example:

card field id 3894

card field "My Notes"

card field 1

first card field

background field 3 of card 1

When used inside a field script in HyperTalk: `me`
When a field receives a message: `[the] target`
A field can also be referred to as a part when you’re talking about its position among all buttons and fields within the same card or background.

HyperTalk Reference


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