Another Script Editing Tip

[Howard Bornstein]

>When looking for ways to make script editing more convenient, I found the
>following to be a simple and easy method which (best of all) allows me to
>keep the browse tool active -- no need to switch to the pointer tool.

This reminds me of another trick I used to use all the time in HyperCard 
to lock and unlock a text field.

I had this script in my home stack:

on mousewithin
  global currentTarget
  put the target into currenttarget
  if currenttarget contains "field"  then
    if the commandkey is down and the shiftkey is down then
      set locktext of currenttarget to not locktext of currenttarget
      wait 20 -- just so you don't toggle it on and off if someone
      -- leaves the option key down
    end if
  end if
end mousewithin

This script doesn't work in Revolution (unless it's in the actual field 
you're trying to affect. It won't work in the stack script.) 

Apparently the mousewithin message doesn't travel up the hierarchy like 
it does in HC. Can you tell me why?

Regards,

Howard Bornstein
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