Name: frontScripts

Type: function

Syntax: the frontScripts

Syntax: frontScripts()

Summary: <return|Returns> a list of <object|objects> that have been inserted into the <message path> before the target <object>.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:
the frontScripts

Example:
if myID is not among the lines of the frontScripts then insertMe

Returns: The <frontScripts> function returns a list of the long ID property of all objects that have been inserted into the front, one ID per line.

Description:
Use the <frontScripts> function to find out which scripts receive messages and function calls before the target object.

A script inserted into the front with the <insert script> command receives messages before all objects in the message path.

This includes messages sent with the <send> command, so if you send a message to an object, the objects in the <frontScripts> receive that message before the target object does. If the scripts in the <frontScripts> do not use the <pass> control structure to pass on the message to the next object, the target object never receives the message.

If more than one object is in the <frontScripts>, their order in the message path is the same as their order in the list. For example, the first object in the <frontScripts> receives messages before the second object. This order is the reverse of the order in which the objects were added with the <insert script> command.

References: remove script (command), insert script (command), send (command), object (object), message path (glossary), return (glossary), pass (control_st)

Tags: objects
