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autoHilite

set [the]

 autoHilite of button ¬     to trueOrFalse

The autoHilite property sets or returns whether a button highlights automatically in response to a mouseDown event.

With check boxes and radio buttons, autoHilite determines whether the button can change from deselected to selected and vice versa.

The autoHilite property corresponds to the Auto Hilite check box in a Button Info dialog box.

Automatic highlighting occurs if autoHilite is set to true.

Examples

set the autoHilite of bkgnd button 1 to true

get the autoHilite of card button id 37
set the autoHilite of card button id 37 to not it

Placeholders

button
HyperTalk DefinitionAn 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 ] -- namebkgnd 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 DefinitionAn 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”.

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"

autoHilite

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