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arrowKey

arrowKey direction

If the global property textArrows is false, the arrowKey command navigates through cards:

arrowKey left = go to previous card

arrowKey right = go to next card

arrowKey up = go forward through recent cards

arrowKey down = go backward through recent cards

If the global property textArrows is true, the arrowKey command navigates through cards unless the insertion point is in a field. Then arrowKey moves the insertion point within the field.

HyperCard sends the arrowKey command to the current card when an arrow key is pressed. The value passed to the parameter variable direction is left, right, up, or down, depending on which arrow key is pressed.

To handle the arrowKey message, use the following form:

on arrowKey whichKey
   statements
end arrowKey

In the above form, the parameter variable whichKey is set to a direction.

Placeholders

down
left
right
up

"down"
"left"
"right"
"up"

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

Related Topics

• Commands sent automatically
• textArrows
• Where messages are sent initially