---
title: exitField
card_id: 19615
---

# exitField

`exitField`

Handler:

```
on exitField
  [ph:statements]
end exitField
```

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](/HyperTalkReference/systemmessages/closeField)
* [Commands sent automatically](/HyperTalkReference/systemmessages/Commands-sent-automatically)
* [enterInField](/HyperTalkReference/commands/enterInField)
* [deleteField](/HyperTalkReference/systemmessages/deleteField)
* [newField](/HyperTalkReference/systemmessages/newField)
* [openField](/HyperTalkReference/systemmessages/openField)
* [returnInField](/HyperTalkReference/commands/returnInField)
* [Where messages are sent initially](/HyperTalkReference/systemmessages/Where-messages-are-sent-initially)