Name: cutKey

Type: message

Syntax: cutKey

Summary: Sent when the user presses the <key combination> equivalent to the Cut <menu item>.

Associations: field

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux

Platforms: desktop,server,web

Example:

on cutKey

if word 1 of the focusedObject is "card" then

answer error "Cannot cut a card."

else pass cutKey

end cutKey

Description:

Handle the <cutKey> <message> if you want to change the normal cut process, or prevent use of the Cut <keyboard equivalent> without changing the menu.

The LiveCode development environment traps the <cutKey> <message>. This means that the <cutKey> <message> is not received by a <stack> if it's running in the <development environment>, To test a <cutKey> <handler>, choose Development menu<img src="202656"/>Suspend Development Tools<important/>.

<cutKey> <message> is sent when the user presses Command-X (on <Mac OS|Mac OS systems>), Control-X (on <Windows|Windows systems>), Shift-Delete (on <Unix|Unix systems>), or the keyboard Cut key.

The message is sent to the active (focused) control, or to the current card if no control is focused.

References: pasteKey (message), backspaceKey (message), deleteKey (message), undoKey (message), copyKey (message), delete (command), cut (command), stack (object), menu item (glossary), key combination (glossary), handler (glossary), Windows (glossary), development environment (glossary), message (glossary), Mac OS (glossary), Unix (glossary), keyboard equivalent (glossary)

Tags: ui