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mouseUp

mouseUp

Handler:

on mouseUp
statements
end mouseUp

HyperCard sends the mouseUp message to a button or locked field when the user releases the mouse buttonand the pointer is inside the rectangle of the same button or field it was in when the user pressed the mouse button.

HyperCard sends mouseUp to the current card when the user both presses andreleases the mouse button while the pointer is not in the rectangle of a button or field.

Demo Script

on mouseUp
answer "Hello"
end mouseUp

Related Topics

Placeholders

statements

Any 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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