TextColor glitch

[Maxiogee]

Why does the textcolor of a field return empty when no textcolor has been set?

I set the textcolor of the first line of text in field 1 to "255,0,0"
I have left the textcolor of line 2 unchanged from the default.

I have this script in a button

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on mouseUp
   repeat with a = 1 to 2
      put "/" & the textcolor of line a of field 1 & "/" into line a of field 2
   end repeat
end mouseUp

This is the result

[Klaus]

Hi,

well, that is correct bahavior

If you do not set a property explicitely for an object, it inherits that property from:
its enclosing group, if any -> card -> stack -> home stack, if in IDE - engine
In that case that property is in fact EMPTY!

If you want to get the inherited property, use the keyword EFFECTIVE, that will do what you want:

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on mouseUp
   repeat with tLine = 1 to 2
      put "/" & the EFFECTIVE textcolor of line tLine of field 1 & "/" into line tLine of field 2
   end repeat
end mouseUp

Best

Klaus