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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

Placeholders

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