AnnotationOfWidget

Type

operator

Summary

Manipulates an annotation of a child widget

Syntax

annotation <mName> of <mWidget>

Description

An annotation is a named value assigned to a widget. They do not affect any intrinsic properties of the widget are are intended to be used to disambiguate widget objects returned from operators such as TheTarget or MyChildren.

Examples

-- variable storing the last child widget the mouse was over
variable mLastChild as String

public handler OnCreate() returns nothing
    variable tChildWidget as Widget
    variable tCount as Number
    repeat with tCount from 1 up to 10
        put a new widget "com.livecode.widget.button" into tChildWidget
        set annotation "Name" of tChildWidget to ("Child" && tCount formatted as string)
    end repeat
end handler

public handler OnMouseEnter() returns nothing
    if the target is not nothing then
        put annotation "Name" of the target into mLastChild
    end if
end handler

Related

operator: TheTarget, MyChildren