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grid

set [the] grid to trueOrFalse

The grid property returns or sets whether HyperCard constrains the movement of many Paint tools to eight-pixel intervals. It corresponds to the Grid command in the Options menu (which appears when you select a Paint tool).

The default value is false.

Examples

set the grid to true

Demo Script

on gridDemo

  setUpPaint

  show bkgnd field "demo field"

  displayMessage "Click the mouse to continue..." & return &¬

  "Grid set to false" & spaces(30) & "Grid set to true"

  set grid to false

  set dragspeed to 200

  drag from "20,110" to "165,250"

  wait 2 seconds

  set grid to true

  drag from "265,110" to "410,250"

  set the cursor to arrow

  wait until the mouseClick

  domenu "revert"

  hide bkgnd field "demo field"

  choose browse tool

end gridDemo

on setUpPaint

  choose rectangle tool

  set lineSize to 1

  set multiple to true

  set polysides to 4

  show card picture

  set centered to false

  set filled to false

end setUpPaint

Related Topics

reset

Placeholders

trueOrFalse

Any expression that evaluates to the HyperTalk and AppleScript constants true or false.

For example:

true

false

the hilite of bg btn "Yes"

fld "Zip" contains "95014"

the short name of this stack is "Fred"

HyperTalk Reference

fixedLineHeight

grid

lockErrorDialogs

longWindowTitles

number (property)

printTextHeight

reportTemplates

scriptingLanguage

variableWatcher

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