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I'm trying to make a close and quit option on a floating menu that can act upon any/all open stacks. this involves a popup asking are you sure you want to (close/quit) and yes/no buttons that can close the stack that I had on top or quit all stacks. I've been able to get quit to work, but because close is so specific in what it is trying to act upon - the last opened stack which is not the popup (where the popup is the window with the button on it, and is also the top window/stack) it's a lot more difficult to get working. Is there a simple solution, or would I have to include something like "if stack xxx is open then close stack xxx" so, the long way.

I've looked through the dictionary and it seems like there isn't anything specific enough or anything that works within the context I need.

e. g. mainwindow open and substack1 open, substack2 and 3 not open but in existence. Close popup opens and button on popup must act on substack1, but also be able to act on substack 2 and/or 3 if open.

is there a command/etc. that works on the prior opened stack (e. g. not the popup, which is the current window)

It sounds like what you're looking for is the topstack function:
https://livecode.com/resources/api/#liv ... t/topstack

<sigh> Note that the LiveCode website no longer responds to REST calls that way.
You have to go to https://livecode.com/resources/api/ and type "topstack" into the search bar.

How about typing 'topstack' into the Dictionary?
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Here's something to play with.

Oooooer . . . did not realise this thread has been sitting around for 2 years with nothing happening.

I was reading the bit in the Dictionary about destroyStack and
could NOT find what the default situation was.

richmond62 wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:30 am

I was reading the bit in the Dictionary about destroyStack and
could NOT find what the default situation was.

It is a preference.
Go to Preferences -> "Files & Memory" and choose your preferences for "DestroyStack"

Kind regards
Bernd

Thank you very much.
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