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The textHeight property returns or sets the space, in pixels, between the baselines of Paint text or text in fields. (TextHeight doesn't apply to buttons because buttons can display only one line of text.)
The default value is the value of the textSize property plus one-third of that value.
You can’t set the the textHeight to a value less than the textSize.
The textHeight property affects a field only when the field’s fixedLineHeight property is true.
An expression that evaluates to a positive integer.
For example:
See also: background, bkgnd, button, card, chunk, field, menu, and menuItem
An expression that identifies a field by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”):
For example:
When used inside a field script in HyperTalk: me
When a field receives a message: [the] target
A field 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.