MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX 2004-DIRECTOR SCRIPTING Reference page 982

// JavaScript syntax
_player.searchPathList = list("Hard Drive:Director:Projects:",
"CDROM:Sources:");
See also
Player, searchCurrentFolder
selectedButton
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
dvdObjRef.selectedButton
// JavaScript syntax
dvdObjRef.selectedButton;
Description
DVD property; returns the index of the button that currently has focus. Read-only.
See also
DVD
selectedText
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
memberObjRef.selectedText
// JavaScript syntax
memberObjRef.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
The following 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.
--Lingo syntax
property spriteNum
on mouseUp(me)
mySelectionObject = sprite(spriteNum).member.selectedText
put(mySelectionObject.text)
put(mySelectionObject.font)
put(mySelectionObject.fontSize)
put(mySelectionObject.fontStyle)
end
982 Chapter 14: Properties