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scarface74 on July 29, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Hypercard Had to Die (2011)

I think you could add keyboard shortcuts. You could definitely add menu items (http://folkstream.com/muse/teachhc/menu/menu.html) and you could intercept keydown events at the stack level.

wolfgang42 on July 29, 2019 [–]

Huh, interesting. They must have added that in a later version than I was using, my copy of "The Complete HyperCard Handbook" doesn't mention "create menu" or keyDown handlers at all. Thanks for the correction!

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