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autoHilite
The autoHilite property sets or returns whether a button highlights automatically in response to a mouseDown event.
With check boxes and radio buttons, autoHilite determines whether the button can change from deselected to selected and vice versa.
The autoHilite property corresponds to the Auto Hilite check box in a Button Info dialog box.
Automatic highlighting occurs if autoHilite is set to true.
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button
HyperTalk Definition
An expression that identifies a button by name, number, or id, using one of the following forms:
For example:
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”.
trueOrFalse
Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.
For example:
