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textAlign

set [the] textAlign to alignment

set [the` textAlign of field to alignment

set [the] textAlign of button to alignment

The textAlign property returns or sets the way Paint text, text in a field, or a button name aligns within its rectangle. It can align left, right, or center. The default value is left for fields and paint text, and center for buttons.

You can set the textAlign for radio buttons and check boxes, but the text always displays aligned left.

You can’t set the textAlign for a chunk of text.

Examples

set the textAlign to center -- for the text tool

set the textAlign of bkgnd field 2 to right

set the textAlign of button "Index" to left

Placeholders

alignment

One of the following:

center

left

right

field

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”):

card field id posInteger [[of] card]

card field text [of card] -- name

card field posInteger [of card]

ordinal card field [of card]

[bkgnd] field id posInteger [of card]

[bkgnd] field text [of card] -- name

[bkgnd] field posInteger [of card]

ordinal [bkgnd] field [of card]

For example:

card field id 3894

card field "My Notes"

card field 1

first card field

background field 3 of card 1

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.

`button`

HyperTalk Definition

An expression that identifies a button by name, number, or id, using one of the following forms:

[card] button id posInteger [of card]

[card] button text [of card] -- name

[card] button posInteger [of card]

ordinal [card] button [of card]

bkgnd button id posInteger [of card]

bkgnd button text [of card] -- name

bkgnd button posInteger [of card]

ordinal bkgnd button [of card]

For example:

card button id 3894

card button "Return"

card button 1

first card button

bkgnd button 2 of card 2

last bkgnd button

When used inside a button script: me

When a button receives a message: [the] target

A button 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.

AppleScript Definition

An expression that identifies a button by name, number, or id, using the same forms as HyperTalk except that “background” must be used in place of “bkgnd”.


    
      
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                        address
                            autoHilite
                            autoSelect
                            autoTab
                            blindTyping
                            bottom
                            bottomRight
                            brush
                            cantAbort
                            cantDelete
                            cantModify
                            cantPeek
                            centered
                            checkMark
                            commandChar
                            cursor
                            debugger
                            dialingTime
                            dialingVolume
                            dontSearch
                            dontWrap
                            dragSpeed
                            editBkgnd
                            enabled
                            environment
                            family
                            filled
                            fixedLineHeight
                            freeSize
                            grid
                            height
                            hilite
                            icon
                            ID 
                            itemDelimiter
                            language
                            left
                            lineSize
                            location
                            lockErrorDialogs
                            lockMessages
                            lockRecent
                            lockScreen
                            lockText
                            longWindowTitles
                            markChar
                            marked
                            menuMessage
                            messageWatcher
                            multiple
                            multipleLines
                            multiSpace
                            name
                            number (property)
                            numberFormat
                            owner
                            partNumber
                            pattern
                            polySides
                            powerKeys
                            printMargins
                            printTextAlign
                            printTextFont
                            printTextHeight
                            printTextSize
                            printTextStyle
                            rectangle
                            reportTemplates
                            right
                            script
                            scriptEditor
                            scriptingLanguage
                            scriptTextFont
                            scriptTextSize
                            scroll
                            sharedHilite
                            sharedText
                            showLines
                            showName
                            showPict
                            size
                            stacksInUse
                            style
                            suspended
              textAlign
              textArrows
                            textFont
                            textHeight
                            textSize
                            textStyle
                            titleWidth
                            top
                            topLeft
                            traceDelay
                            userLevel
                            userModify
                            variableWatcher
                            version
                            visible
                            wideMargins
                            width
                            zoomed