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exitField

exitField

Handler:

HyperCard sends the exitField message to an unlocked field when, after clicking in a field or tabbing to it, a user (or handler) removes the insertion point from the field without changing any of its text.

Related Topics

• closeField
• Commands sent automatically
• enterInField
• deleteField
• newField
• openField
• returnInField
• Where messages are sent initially

Placeholders

statements

Any return-separated list of built-in commands, user-defined handlers, or keywords that are part of a message or function handler.