shortcut that used to exist in HyperCard

[Stephen Barncard]

See "SHow invisible objects" in the view menu, or make a button or 
function key to use

"showinvisibles"


showInvisibles

Type: property

Syntax: set the showInvisibles to {true | false}

Objects (or Types): global

See Also: hide command, show command, visible property

Summary:
Specifies whether invisible objects are shown anyway.

Examples:
set the showInvisibles to true


>Hi all --
>
>Back in the HyperCard days, when looking at a stack in browse mode, 
>one could press a key (option? control?) and see the outlines of 
>hidden buttons.  (Good way to cheat in adventure games. :-)  Is 
>there such a shortcut in RR?  I'm in the middle of grading a whole 
>bunch of adventure games, and have lost patience with random 
>clicking around to find hidden buttons.
>
>I suppose I could write a handler at the stack level for each of the 
>these games, but thought I'd try the easy way first (i.e., asking 
>the experts).
>
>Thanks,
>   - marty
>
>--
>Marty Billingsley
>Department of Computer Science
>The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools

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