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The enterKey command sends a statement typed into the Message box to the current card. HyperCard sends the enterKey command to the current card when the user presses the Enter key unless the insertion point is in a field, in which case HyperCard sends enterInField instead. You can handle the enterKey message as follows: on enterKey statements end enterKey
ExamplesNote the difference between these two scripts: on addText select after text of bkgnd field "Example" -- set the insert point type "Hello world" -- add some new text enterKey end addText on addText select after text of bkgnd field "Example" -- set the insert point type "Hello world" -- add some new text enterInField end addText If you type addText into the Message box and press Return, the first script continually adds "hello world" after existing text in the field. This is because the enterKey command sends the contents of the Message box—which in this case is addText—to the current card. With the second script, addText places "Hello world" into the field once and then closes the field, saving the addition.
Related Topics Placeholders
statementsAny return-separated list of built-in commands, user-defined handlers, or keywords that are part of a message or function handler. put "Hello world" -- built-in command get total(field 1) -- function call global HelpInfo -- keyword
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