newButton

Typemessage
DictionaryLCS
LibraryLiveCode Script
Syntax
newButton
Associationsbutton
Summary

Sent to a new button right after it's created.

Introduced1.0
OSmac, windows, linux, ios, android
Platformsdesktop, server, mobile
Example
on newButton -- put new buttons at a random location
  set the location of the target to \
  random(the width of this stack - the width of the target div 2), \
  random(the height of this stack - the height of the target div 2)
end newButton
RelatedKeyword: templateButton
Property: script
Command: copy, clone, paste
Object: button
Glossary: object, trap, message, tool, message path
Control Structure: pass
Description

Handle the newButton message if you want to create additional objects, switch tools, or do other tasks when a new button is created.

Normally, the newButton message is handled at a higher level of the message path, since the newly created button does not yet have a script unless the templateButton contains one.

The actual creation is not triggered by the newButton message, so trapping the message and not allowing it to pass does not prevent the button from being created.

Tagsobjects