the selectedButton of ¬
  [background | card] family intExpr 

get the selectedButton of family 6 -- a card family

put the selectedButton of bg family 4 into hit

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selectedButton

the selectedButton of ¬
  [background | card] family intExpr 

Value returned: the domain and number (for example, card button 3) of the highlighted button in the specified button family on the current card or background

If you don't specify card (or cd) or background (or bg or bkgnd), the family is assumed to be on the card layer.

If no button in the specified family is highlighted, selectedButton returns empty.

If the specified family doesn't exist, you get an error dialog box.

Examples

get the selectedButton of family 6 -- a card family

put the selectedButton of bg family 4 into hit

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