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[[File:Flag and Stop Sign - Flag.png|thumb|The '''Green Flag''' is clicked in this location.]]

The '''Green Flag''' is a programming feature that, when clicked, will start all [[Eng:script|script]]s in that [[Eng:project|project]] that are [[Eng:Hat Block|hatted]] with the [[Eng:When Green Flag Clicked (block)|When Green Flag Clicked]] [[Eng:Blocks|block]]. More simply, this block starts the project. [[Eng:Offline|Offline]], pressing the {{key press|enter}} key on a keyboard will also start all green flag scripts, when not prompted for input by the [[Eng:Ask () and Wait (block)|Ask () and wait block]]. Also, when shift clicking the green flag, [[Eng:Turbo Mode|Turbo Mode]] will be activated. 

==Importance==
[[File:When Flag Clicked (with flag image circled).png|frame|The image of a flag shows how the block is connected with the actual flag.]]Without the flag, no Scratch projects would be able to run unless a key was pressed, a [[Eng:sprite|sprite]] was clicked, or a [[Eng:When () is greater than () (block)|When () is Greater Than ()]] hat block was triggered to activate the scripts. While creating a project is fully possible without the flag, it is not recommended and many [[Eng:Scratcher|users]] do so.{{citation needed}}

Examples of projects which do not use the Green Flag block are:
*Projects which just share an image
*Slide shows where only key presses need to be used to move the images

==Stop Sign==
{{main|Stop Sign}}

The Stop Sign is the opposite of the flag; a project will end and fully stop all scripts when it is clicked or the [[Eng:Stop ()|Stop ()]] block is used with the "all" option.

==History==
In Scratch 1.4 and the online Java player, by [[Eng:broadcast|broadcast]]ing <code>scratch-startclicked</code> the flag was activated, meaning a project can start if a sprite is clicked.

Conversely, a broadcast received block Hat Block with the broadcast <code>scratch-startclicked</code> activates when the green flag is pressed.

As it was never a planned feature, it does not function with [[Eng:Scratch 2.0|Scratch 2.0]], and the Scratch Team does not plan on adding it to these versions.<ref>{{Forum Archive|57153}} Known Limitation 3</ref>

==Icon==
In older versions of Scratch 2.0, the Green Flag icon could be placed into custom blocks and variables by adding the text "@greenFlag" to the custom block name.

[[File:GreenFlagTrick.png]]

A similar trick could be done with the stop sign by adding the text "@stop" to a custom block.

==See Also==
* [[Eng:When Green Flag Clicked (block)|When Green Flag Clicked (block)]]
* [[Eng:Stop Sign|Stop Sign]]

==References==
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[[Category:Scratch Program]]

[[Category:Project Items]]