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Properties of the Variable Watcher

Use the following two properties to change the position of the horizontal and vertical bars that divide the Variable Watcher window:

set [the] hBarLoc of window ¬
"Variable Watcher" to posInteger

sets the position of the horizontal bar to posInteger pixels from the top of the window. The horizontal bar determines how many of the variable name and value fields appear in the window.

set [the] vBarLoc of window ¬
"Variable Watcher" to posInteger

sets the position of the vertical bar to posInteger pixels from the left of the window. The vertical bar separates the variable names from their values.

Placeholders

posInteger

An expression that evaluates to a positive integer.

For example:

3
67 mod 13
the number of bg fields
the number of backgrounds
the number of cards div 2

See also: background, bkgnd, button, card, chunk, field, menu, and menuItem

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