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Name: clickStack

Type: function

Syntax: the clickStack

Syntax: clickStack()

Summary:

<return|Returns> the name of the <stack> in which the user most recently

clicked the mouse.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android

Platforms: desktop, mobile

Example:

the clickStack

Example:

repeat until (the short name of the clickStack is "Icon Palette")

Example:

if the name of the clickStack is not the defaultStack then beep

Returns:

The <clickStack> <function> <return|returns> the long <name> <property>

of the <stack> that was last clicked.

Description:

Use the <clickStack> <function> to determine which window the user

clicked, or, in conjunction with the <clickField>, <clickLine>, or

<clickChunk>, to determine which <field> was clicked.

If the user clicks a stack's title bar or border to bring it to the

front, the value returned by the <clickStack> does not change. Only

clicking in the <stack window|stack window's> content area changes the

<clickStack> <value>.

If the user clicks the backdrop, the <clickStack> <return|returns>

empty.

References: function (control structure), mouseStack (function),

value (function), clickField (function), clickLoc (function),

clickCharChunk (function), clickLine (function), clickChunk (function),

property (glossary), return (glossary), stack window (glossary),

field (keyword), stack (object), backdrop (property), name (property),

defaultStack (property)

Tags: ui

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