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stillDown

Syntax

the stillDown

Description

System property; indicates whether the user is pressing the mouse button (TRUE) or not (FALSE).

This function is useful within a mouseDown script to trigger certain events only after the mouseUp function.

Lingo cannot test stillDown when it is used inside a repeat loop. Use the mouseDown function inside repeat loops instead.

Example

This statement checks whether the mouse button is being pressed and calls the handler dragProcedure if it is:

if the stillDown then dragProcedure

See also

the mouseDown (system property)