link text style

[Preston Shea]

I wish to change the appearance of group (link) text from blue underline to the same as non-group text in the field so that when a word in the group text is clicked I can supply a translation of the entire group but I don't want the words in the group text to appear and different from the other text in the field. I did this once, but I've forgotten how.

[Mark]

Hi Preson Shea,

Search for "link" in the dictionary and you'll find a few important and useful hints

Best regards,

Mark

[bn]

Preston,
you can set the linktext of a chunk, i.e. a word or any other chunk by

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 set the linkText of word 2 of field 1 to "hello"

in the locked field you put:

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on mouseUp
   put the linkText of the mouseChunk into tMyVar
   put tMyVar
end mouseUp

this does not change the appearance of the text but still if clicked will give you the linkText of the word.

is that what you want?

regards
Bernd

[Preston Shea]

Thank you for your prompt and helpful replies. The commands and properties underlineLinks, textColor and hideGroups are what I was looking for. As an old-timer (HyperCard on Mac512 days) I still think "group" instead of "link" so I missed the help in the dictionary.

Speaking of the old days, I recall (perhaps in SuperCard or early Rev) a listing of properties and commands by object. One could go to "text properties" and see all the settable variables for text or "text commands" and see all the commands that effect text. This was really helpful when I didn't know what I was looking for. The dictionary information in the current edition is great, but you have to know what word to look up. Is this sort of listing available now? I must admit I felt more comfortable when I had big, fat, printed manuals on the table beside the keyboard. I'm just a dinosaur, I guess.

Thanks again!