Wouldn't it be neat...

[Roger Guay]

No, mine is indeed set to palette yet does not work and your’s works just fine. I’ll report back when I figure out why. 

Thanks for your patience

> On Aug 22, 2016, at 8:42 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> 
> Roger wrote:
> 
> > I take it back. I thought I had it working but alas, not so much.
> > I can’t make it work for a button in a palette stack (a plugin)
> > and selectedText from the Script Editor of the topStack. Here is
> > my button script:
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >	set the defaultstack to the topstack
> >	put the selectedtext into tText
> >	if the first char of tText is not quote then put quote before tText
> >	if the last char of tText is not quote then put quote after tText
> >	put tText into the selectedtext
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > The traversalOn of this button is indeed unchecked. When I click
> > the button, the selectedText in the Script Editor goes unhilited,
> > and nothing else happens. Funny thing is, I could swear I had it
> > working before my previous post???
> 
> Maybe you forgot to set the stack back to palette?
> 
> Try this:
> <http://fourthworld.net/lc/TextToolBar.livecode>
> 
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web
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