get the name of group from stack

[klamp]

how do i get the group name when doing mouseup event.

when i put my script in group, i get the group name

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on mouseUp
   answer the name of me
end mouseUp

I want to put the script in the stack. Thanks

[Klaus]

Hi klamp,

put this into the stackscript:

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on mouseUp
   answer the name of the owner of the target
end mouseUp  

Best

Klaus

[richmond62]

Not very difficult.
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[klamp]

Thanks richmond62 and Klaus. its work

[richmond62]

Yes: but now I have a question:

For instance, if I have this in the stackScript:

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on mouseUp
   put the ID of the target
end mouseUp

It gives me a number (well, that is what I asked for).

But I would also like to find out WHAT type of thing I clicked on:

card, button, field, . . .

[richmond62]

I love answering my own questions

(it's an EGO thing):

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on mouseUp
   get the name of the target
   set the itemDelimiter to " "
   put it into DETAILS
   put item 1 of DETAILS
end mouseUp

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That does not work with the FIELD or with the GROUP for some reason.

Klaus?

[Klaus]

Or just:

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put word 1 of the name of the target
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[stam]

or

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the short name of the target

[Klaus]

or

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the short name of the target

Richmond wants to know the TYPE of the control.

[stam]

but not sure why the need to use the target

if i group 2 buttons together and name the group 'buttonGroup' and edit the group's script to

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on mouseUp
    answer the short name of me
    pass mouseUp
end mouseUp

it answers 'buttonGroup'

Richmond wants to know the TYPE of the control.

My bad... i was answering the original poster's question:

how do i get the group name when doing mouseup event.

but then i noticed this as well from the OP:

I want to put the script in the stack. Thanks

For that to work you'd need to use 'the target' AND either not implement any mouseUp handlers in the specific message path or have them 'pass mouseUp' if any component does have a mouseUp handler.
Again no relevance to Richmond's wishes.

On that note i do use the long id and the long name quite frequently. Not only does word 1 give you the type, but if you also set the itemDelimiter to " of " (with spaces), item -2 gives you the card name and item -1 gives you the stack name. Quite handy...

[richmond62]

"Richmond's wishes", Ha, Ha, give me a break:

"Richmond's sh*t-stirring musings" more like: dead time
on Saturday morning . . .