The MAXScript Listener is a combination of text editor and command prompt window. MAXScript executes the commands you write when you press ENTER, but you can also scroll through the text to re-execute existing commands, or edit them and then have MAXScript execute the modified code.

Listener has the following features:

• A line selection margin at the left window border. When you move the cursor into the left margin, it changes to a right-pointing arrow. A single-click selects an entire line, and click-dragging selects multiple lines.

• Drag-and-drop for copying text within Listener and to and from script Editor windows.

• Selected text is loaded automatically into the search text dialog field when you choose Search > Find or Search > Replace. This is useful for quickly finding other occurrences of the selected text.

• Color-coding for distinguishing between input text, output text, and error message text. Three MAXScript system global variables control these colors, and you can assign them new colors to customize your Listener.

  Text Type	Variable	Default Color
  typed input text	inputTextColor	black
  output text	outputTextColor	blue
  error message text	messageTextColor	red

For commands within the Listener window, see Listener Commands.

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