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-- card: 17117 from stack: in.0
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 0000
-- background id: 3797
-- name:
-- part contents for background part 1
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From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman)
Date: 26 Feb 88 23:58:46 GMT
>Is there a simple script, XCMD, or whatever that will perform the following
>sequence in one chunk?
> after selecting text in a field (click-drag, double click, whatever):
> create a transparent button just the size of the text selection
> label the button some way (like the "*" in the Help stack), to indicate
> a hot-spot. I forget, is there a "framed transparent" button?
> perform a link to.. and let me choose a target card (or stack)
> return to my selection
I think the buzzword for what you're looking for is "text buttons".
Wait for the next release of HyperCard. I read somewhere that Atkinson
considered this to be THE single most important missing feature, and was
working hard to implement it for the next release. You're better off waiting
than implementing it in script kludges. There are ways, if you're desperate,
but I hope you're not that desperate.
Personally, I think having the text be boldface would be the best indicator.
Boxes over text always look weird.
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Re: HyperText and Cross-linking