control

Designates all object types that can be placed on a card.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

control

# Examples

put the number of controls into index

select control 5

# Description

Use the control keyword in an object reference.

A control is any object that can be placed on a card: a button, field, scrollbar, image, graphic, player, EPS object, or group.

You can refer to a control by number or by name. The expression control 2 refers to the control whose layer is 2. The expression control "this" refers to the first control whose short name is "this".

# Tags

objects,

# See

- **keyword:** card - **property:** name, layer - **function:** number, mouseControl - **glossary:** keyword, object reference, object type, expression