User Guide

selection (text cast member property) 983

// JavaScript syntax

function mouseUp() {

var mySelectionObject = sprite(this.spriteNum).member.selectedText;

trace(mySelectionObject.text);

trace(mySelectionObject.font);

trace(mySelectionObject.fontSize);

trace(mySelectionObject.fontStyle);

}

selection

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

castObjRef.selection

// JavaScript syntax

castObjRef.selection;

Description

Cast library property; returns the cast members that are selected in a given Cast window. Read/

write.

Example

This statement selects cast members 1 through 10 in castLib 1:

-- Lingo syntax

castLib(1).selection = [[1, 10]]

// JavaScript syntax

castLib(1).selection = list( list(1, 10) );

This statement selects cast members 1 through 10, and 30 through 40, in castLib 1:

-- Lingo syntax

castLib(1).selection = [[1, 10], [30, 40]]

// JavaScript syntax

castLib(1).selection = list( list(1, 10), list(30, 40) );