number

Specifies an object position within a file, a card position within a stack, or a control layer on a card.

# Metadata

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

# Syntax

set the number of card to number

# Examples

set the number of this card to 1

if the number of this card is 1 then go last card

put the number of the last button into numberOfButtons

# Description

Use the number property to find out what layer a card is on, to find or change a card position, or to refer to an object.

The number of a control is its layer on the card. Lower numbers are further back; higher numbers are farther forward. If you create several controls and don't change their layer order, the first control you created has the number 1 and the rest of the controls are numbered in the order of creation.

The number of a card specifies its position in the stack. When you open a stack without specifying a card, the card whose number is one appears first. Setting the number of a card moves it to the specified position in the stack. (Cards are the only objects whose number property can be set. )

The number of a main stack is always zero. The number of a substack is its creation order in the file, from 1 to the number of substacks.

You can refer to any object by specifying its number.

# Tags

ui,

# See

- **property:** substacks, layer - **message:** nameChanged - **keyword:** file, ninth, seconds, card, control, integer, home - **glossary:** object, property, substack, main stack - **function:** length - **command:** move - **object:** stack, card