To save the settings you've made to the dialog box and to put it away, click this button.
To cancel the settings you've made to the dialog box and to put it away, click this button.
Type or edit the name of the field here.
To open the script editor for the object, click this button.
To open the script editor for the object, click this button. Not available because your user level isn't set to Scripting (5).
To set the default font, style, size, and alignment for text in the field, click here.
Use this pop-up menu to choose a style for the field.
To prevent a user from editing text in this field, click this box.
A user can't edit text in this field. To allow editing, click this box.
To clip text that's longer than the width of the field instead of wrapping it to the next line, click this box.
Note: Clipped text isn't lost—it's just hidden from view.
Text that's longer than the width of the field is hidden from view instead of wrapping to the next line. To allow text wrapping, click this box.
To make a clicked line in the field highlight if the Lock Text and Don't Wrap options are checked, click this box.
If the Lock Text and Don't Wrap options are checked, a clicked line in the field highlights. To turn off the feature, click this box.
To let a user highlight a continuous range of lines in a field by dragging through them, click this box.
Note: For this feature to work, the Lock Text, Don't Wrap, and Auto Select options must all be turned on.
If the Lock Text, Don't Wrap, and Auto Select options are all checked, a user can highlight a continuous range of lines in a field by dragging through them. To turn off the feature, click this box.
To add extra space between the text and the edge of the field, click this box.
Extra space now appears between the text and the edge of the field. To remove the extra space, click this box.
To force text in any point size to fit within the field's preset line height, clipping the letters vertically if necessary, click this box.
To have HyperCard compute and supply space between lines of text for different point sizes of text in the field, click this box.
To show horizontal lines across the field (except for scrolling fields) marking the base of each text line, click this box.
Horizontal lines appear across the field (except for scrolling fields), marking the base of each text line. To remove the lines, click this box.
To make the insertion point move to the next field in the tabbing order when you press Return with the insertion point is in the bottom visible line of a field (except a scrolling field), click this box.
When the insertion point is in the bottom visible line of a field (except a scrolling field), pressing Return moves the insertion point to the next field in the tabbing order. To turn off the option, click this box.
To stop the Find command from looking in the field, click this box.
The Find command won't look in the field. To allow searching in the field, click this box.
To have the same text appear in the field from card to card in the background, click this box.
Note: You enter shared text into the field from the background.
The same text appears in the field on every card in the background. To turn off the feature and to let text that appears in the field vary from card to card, click this box.
Note: You enter shared text into the field from the background.
Shows what the field looks like as you make and change settings.
Tells the position of the field relative to other fields on this same card or background—the higher the number, the closer the field is to the front.
Tells the position of the field relative to other fields and buttons on this same card or background—the higher the number, the closer the field is to the front.
Tells the unique ID of the field on the card or background. This number remains constant while the field exists.
