width

set [the] width of button to integer

set [the] width of field to integer

set [the] width of card to integer

set [the] width of window to integer

get [the] width of menuBar

The width property returns or sets an integer equal to the width in pixels of the specified object or window. Setting the width of a button, field, or card window resizes it.

Note: HyperCard restricts the width of a card to 32-pixel increments beginning from 64, the smallest width. For example, setting the width of a card to 420 results in a width of 416.

HyperCard maintains the location (center coordinate) of the object, expanding or shrinking it on both sides evenly.

Examples

the width of card button 1

the width of bkgnd field id 34

the width of this card

the width of message box

the width of tool window

the width of card window

set the width of bkgnd button "Next" to the width of bg btn "Prev"

Related Topics

Placeholders

button

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]

card button id 3894

card button "Return"

card button 1

first card button

bkgnd button 2 of card 2

last bkgnd button

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.

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”.

integer

An expression that evaluates to a positive or negative integer or to zero. For example:

3

18 - 100

-(3 * sum(1,3,4,5)) + 39

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:

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.

card

An expression that identifies a card by name, number, or id using one of the following forms (in AppleScript, use “background” in place of “bkgnd”):

recent card

back

forth

card id posInteger [of bkgnd

card text [of bkgnd] -- name

card posInteger [of bkgnd] -- number

ordinal card [of bkgnd]

position card [of bkgnd]

ordinal marked card

position marked card

marked card posInteger

card id 3894

card "Index"

card 1 of background 1

prev card

previous card of this background

next card

this card

first card

last card

middle card

any card

first marked card

last marked card

next marked card

previous marked card

marked card 1

marked card (the number of marked cards)

window

One of HyperCard’s built-in windows, the window containing the current stack (called the card window), or any other window containing a stack, as follows:

card window

tool window

window "tools"

pattern window

window "Patterns"

scroll window

window "scroll"

[the] message [window]

[the] message [box]

[the] msg [window]

[the] msg [box]

window "message"

message watcher

window "message watcher"

variable watcher

window "variable watcher"

window "Home"

window "Readymade Buttons"

-- if longWindowTitles is true:

window "My HD:Home"

window 6

window ID 21403082

Note: If a window containing a stack is inactive, you can set only its location and visible properties.

Important: External windows can’t be substituted for the window placeholder (see the externalWindow placeHolder).