User Guide

984 Chapter 14: Properties

Example

The following statement sets the selection displayed by the sprite of text member myAnswer so

that characters 6 through 10 are highlighted:

member("myAnswer").selection = [6, 10]

See also

color(), selStart, selEnd

selEnd

Usage

-- Lingo syntax

selEnd

// JavaScript syntax

selEnd;

Description

Cast member property; specifies the last character of a selection. It is used with selStart

to identify a selection in the current editable field, counting from the beginning character.

This property can be tested and set. The default value is 0.

Example

These statements select “cde” from the field “abcdefg”:

-- Lingo syntax

selStart = 3

selEnd = 5

// JavaScript syntax

selStart = 2;

selEnd = 4;

This statement makes a selection 20 characters long:

-- Lingo syntax

selEnd = selStart + 20

// JavaScript syntax

selEnd = selStart + 20;