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the mouseDown (system property)

Syntax

    the mouseDown

Description

System property; indicates whether the mouse button is currently being pressed (`TRUE`) or not (`FALSE`).

The Director player for Java doesn't update the `mouseDown` property when Lingo is in a repeat loop. If you try to test `mouseDown` inside a repeat loop in an applet, the applet hangs.

Example

This handler causes the movie to beep until the user clicks the mouse:

    on enterFrame
    	repeat while the mouseDown = FALSE
    		beep
    	end repeat
    end

Example

This statement instructs Lingo to exit the repeat loop or handler it is in when the user clicks the mouse:

    if the mouseDown then exit

See also

`mouseH`, `the mouseUp (system property)`, `mouseV`, `on mouseDown (event handler)`, `on mouseUp (event handler)`