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Text pane, no text selection, pop-up menu

Text pane, no text selection, pop-up menu

This is the menu seen when right-clicking in the main window text pane when there is a current selection of $Text:

  • Cut. Cut the current selection to the clipboard.
  • Copy. Copy the current selection to the clipboard.
  • Paste. Paste the clipboard contents at the current insertion point.
  • Find. Opens the Find sub-menu.
  • Spelling and Grammar. Opens the Spelling and Grammar sub-menu.
  • Substitutions. Opens the Substitutions sub-menu.
  • Transformations. Opens the Transformations sub-menu.
  • Speech. Opens the Speech sub-menu.
  • Layout Orientation. Opens the Layout Orientation sub-menu for text orientation.
  • Highlight. (From v8.2.1) Opens the text Highlight sub-menu.
  • Share. Opens the Share sub-menu for sharing via social media.
  • Import Image. Opens a dialog to aid importing an image from attached media devices such as a phone or tablet.
  • Capture Selection from Screen. Opens the Mac Grab app to take a screenshot.


A Tinderbox Reference File : Menus : Pop-up menus and lists : Text pane, no text selection, pop-up menu