Sent when the user presses the key combination equivalent to the Cut menu item.
# Metadata
Platforms: desktop, server OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 1.0 Security:
# Syntax
cutKey
# Examples
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 ? Suspend Development Tools from the menubar.
cutKey message is sent when the user presses Command-X (on Mac OS), Control-X (on Windows), Shift-Delete (on Unix), or the keyboard Cut key.
The message is sent to the active (focused) control, or to the current card if no control is focused.
# Tags
ui,
# See
- **message:** pasteKey, backspaceKey, deleteKey, undoKey, copyKey - **command:** delete, cut - **object:** stack - **glossary:** menu item, key combination, handler, Windows, development environment, message, Mac OS, Unix, keyboard equivalent