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selectedText

Syntax

member(whichTextMember).selectedText

Description

Text cast member property; returns the currently selected chunk of text as a single object reference. This allows access to font characteristics as well as to the string information of the actual characters.

Example

This handler displays the currently selected text being placed in a local variable object. Then that object is used to reference various characteristics of the text, which are detailed in the Message window.

property spriteNum

on mouseUp me
	mySelectionObject = sprite(spriteNum).member.selectedText
	put mySelectionObject.text
	put mySelectionObject.font
	put mySelectionObject.fontSize
	put mySelectionObject.fontStyle
end