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FTETextField 
Packagemx.core
Classpublic class FTETextField
InheritanceFTETextField Inheritance Sprite Inheritance DisplayObjectContainer Inheritance InteractiveObject Inheritance DisplayObject Inheritance EventDispatcher Inheritance Object
Implements IFontContextComponent
Subclasses UIFTETextField

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

FTETextField is a Sprite which displays text by using the new Flash Text Engine to implement the old TextField API.

See also



Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
 InheritedaccessibilityImplementation : AccessibilityImplementation
The current accessibility implementation (AccessibilityImplementation) for this InteractiveObject instance.
InteractiveObject
 InheritedaccessibilityProperties : AccessibilityProperties
The current accessibility options for this display object.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedalpha : Number
Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified.
DisplayObject
  alwaysShowSelection : Boolean
This property is not implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection.
FTETextField
  antiAliasType : String
This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField.
FTETextField
  autoSize : String
Controls automatic sizing and alignment of text fields.
FTETextField
  background : Boolean
Specifies whether the text field has a background fill.
FTETextField
  backgroundColor : uint
The color of the text field background.
FTETextField
 InheritedblendMode : String
A value from the BlendMode class that specifies which blend mode to use.
DisplayObject
 InheritedblendShader : Shader
[write-only] Sets a shader that is used for blending the foreground and background.
DisplayObject
  border : Boolean
Specifies whether the text field has a border.
FTETextField
  borderColor : uint
The color of the text field border.
FTETextField
  bottomScrollV : int
[read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling.
FTETextField
 InheritedbuttonMode : Boolean
Specifies the button mode of this sprite.
Sprite
 InheritedcacheAsBitmap : Boolean
If set to true, Flash runtimes cache an internal bitmap representation of the display object.
DisplayObject
 InheritedAIR-only cacheAsBitmapMatrix : Matrix
If non-null, this Matrix object defines how a display object is rendered when cacheAsBitmap is set to true.
DisplayObject
  caretIndex : int
[read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing.
FTETextField
  condenseWhite : Boolean
A Boolean value that specifies whether extra white space (spaces, line breaks, and so on) in a text field with HTML text is removed.
FTETextField
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
 InheritedcontextMenu : NativeMenu
Specifies the context menu associated with this object.
InteractiveObject
  defaultTextFormat : flash.text:TextFormat
Specifies the format applied to newly inserted text, such as text entered by a user or text inserted with the replaceSelectedText() method.
FTETextField
  direction : String
The directionality of the text displayed by the FTETextField.
FTETextField
  displayAsPassword : Boolean
This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing.
FTETextField
 InheriteddoubleClickEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether the object receives doubleClick events.
InteractiveObject
 InheriteddropTarget : DisplayObject
[read-only] Specifies the display object over which the sprite is being dragged, or on which the sprite was dropped.
Sprite
  embedFonts : Boolean
Specifies whether to render by using embedded font outlines.
FTETextField
 Inheritedfilters : Array
An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object.
DisplayObject
 InheritedfocusRect : Object
Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle.
InteractiveObject
  fontContext : IFlexModuleFactory
The IFlexModuleFactory instance that FTETextField uses for creating TextLine objects.
FTETextField
 Inheritedgraphics : Graphics
[read-only] Specifies the Graphics object that belongs to this sprite where vector drawing commands can occur.
Sprite
  gridFitType : String
This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField.
FTETextField
 Inheritedheight : Number
Indicates the height of the display object, in pixels.
DisplayObject
 InheritedhitArea : Sprite
Designates another sprite to serve as the hit area for a sprite.
Sprite
  htmlText : String
Contains the HTML representation of the text field contents.
FTETextField
  length : int
[read-only] The number of characters in a text field.
FTETextField
 InheritedloaderInfo : LoaderInfo
[read-only] Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file to which this display object belongs.
DisplayObject
  locale : String
The locale of the text displayed by FTETextField.
FTETextField
 Inheritedmask : DisplayObject
The calling display object is masked by the specified mask object.
DisplayObject
  maxChars : int
This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing.
FTETextField
  maxScrollH : int
[read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling.
FTETextField
  maxScrollV : int
[read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling.
FTETextField
 InheritedmouseChildren : Boolean
Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse, or user input device, enabled.
DisplayObjectContainer
 InheritedmouseEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object receives mouse, or other user input, messages.
InteractiveObject
  mouseWheelEnabled : Boolean
This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling.
FTETextField
 InheritedmouseX : Number
[read-only] Indicates the x coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels.
DisplayObject
 InheritedmouseY : Number
[read-only] Indicates the y coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels.
DisplayObject
  multiline : Boolean
This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing.
FTETextField
 Inheritedname : String
Indicates the instance name of the DisplayObject.
DisplayObject
 InheritednumChildren : int
[read-only] Returns the number of children of this object.
DisplayObjectContainer
  numLines : int
[read-only] Defines the number of text lines in a multiline text field.
FTETextField
 InheritedopaqueBackground : Object
Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedparent : DisplayObjectContainer
[read-only] Indicates the DisplayObjectContainer object that contains this display object.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedprototype : Object
[static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Object
  restrict : String
This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling.
FTETextField
 Inheritedroot : DisplayObject
[read-only] For a display object in a loaded SWF file, the root property is the top-most display object in the portion of the display list's tree structure represented by that SWF file.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedrotation : Number
Indicates the rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation.
DisplayObject
 InheritedrotationX : Number
Indicates the x-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container.
DisplayObject
 InheritedrotationY : Number
Indicates the y-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container.
DisplayObject
 InheritedrotationZ : Number
Indicates the z-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedscale9Grid : Rectangle
The current scaling grid that is in effect.
DisplayObject
 InheritedscaleX : Number
Indicates the horizontal scale (percentage) of the object as applied from the registration point.
DisplayObject
 InheritedscaleY : Number
Indicates the vertical scale (percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object.
DisplayObject
 InheritedscaleZ : Number
Indicates the depth scale (percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object.
DisplayObject
  scrollH : int
This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling.
FTETextField
 InheritedscrollRect : Rectangle
The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object.
DisplayObject
  scrollV : int
This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling.
FTETextField
  selectable : Boolean
Setting this property has no effect in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection.
FTETextField
  selectionBeginIndex : int
[read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection.
FTETextField
  selectionEndIndex : int
[read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection.
FTETextField
  sharpness : Number
This property has no effect in FTETextField.
FTETextField
 InheritedsoundTransform : flash.media:SoundTransform
Controls sound within this sprite.
Sprite
 Inheritedstage : Stage
[read-only] The Stage of the display object.
DisplayObject
  styleSheet : StyleSheet
Attaches a style sheet to the text field.
FTETextField
 InheritedtabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled.
DisplayObjectContainer
 InheritedtabEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object is in the tab order.
InteractiveObject
 InheritedtabIndex : int
Specifies the tab ordering of objects in a SWF file.
InteractiveObject
  text : String
A string that is the current text in the text field.
FTETextField
  textColor : uint
The color of the text in a text field, in hexadecimal format.
FTETextField
  textHeight : Number
[read-only] The height of the text in pixels.
FTETextField
 InheritedtextSnapshot : flash.text:TextSnapshot
[read-only] Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
DisplayObjectContainer
  textWidth : Number
[read-only] The width of the text in pixels.
FTETextField
  thickness : Number
This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField.
FTETextField
 Inheritedtransform : flash.geom:Transform
An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds.
DisplayObject
  type : String
The type of the text field.
FTETextField
 InheriteduseHandCursor : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether the pointing hand (hand cursor) appears when the pointer rolls over a sprite in which the buttonMode property is set to true.
Sprite
  useRichTextClipboard : Boolean
This property is not implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection or clipboard operations.
FTETextField
 Inheritedvisible : Boolean
Whether or not the display object is visible.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedwidth : Number
Indicates the width of the display object, in pixels.
DisplayObject
  wordWrap : Boolean
A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field has word wrap.
FTETextField
 Inheritedx : Number
Indicates the x coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of the parent DisplayObjectContainer.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedy : Number
Indicates the y coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of the parent DisplayObjectContainer.
DisplayObject
 Inheritedz : Number
Indicates the z coordinate position along the z-axis of the DisplayObject instance relative to the 3D parent container.
DisplayObject
Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
  
Constructor.
FTETextField
 Inherited
Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void
Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.
EventDispatcher
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
 Inherited
Indicates whether the security restrictions would cause any display objects to be omitted from the list returned by calling the DisplayObjectContainer.getObjectsUnderPoint() method with the specified point point.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Determines whether the specified display object is a child of the DisplayObjectContainer instance or the instance itself.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Dispatches an event into the event flow.
EventDispatcher
 Inherited
getBounds(targetCoordinateSpace:DisplayObject):Rectangle
Returns a rectangle that defines the area of the display object relative to the coordinate system of the targetCoordinateSpace object.
DisplayObject
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
 Inherited
Returns the child display object instance that exists at the specified index.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Returns the child display object that exists with the specified name.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance.
DisplayObjectContainer
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
getLineLength(lineIndex:int):int
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
Returns metrics information about a given text line.
FTETextField
  
getLineOffset(lineIndex:int):int
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
 Inherited
Returns an array of objects that lie under the specified point and are children (or grandchildren, and so on) of this DisplayObjectContainer instance.
DisplayObjectContainer
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
 Inherited
getRect(targetCoordinateSpace:DisplayObject):Rectangle
Returns a rectangle that defines the boundary of the display object, based on the coordinate system defined by the targetCoordinateSpace parameter, excluding any strokes on shapes.
DisplayObject
  
getTextFormat(beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):flash.text:TextFormat
This method has been implemented in FTETextField to simply return a copy of the defaultTextFormat, because FTETextField does not support formatting a range.
FTETextField
 Inherited
Converts the point object from the Stage (global) coordinates to the display object's (local) coordinates.
DisplayObject
 Inherited
Converts a two-dimensional point from the Stage (global) coordinates to a three-dimensional display object's (local) coordinates.
DisplayObject
 Inherited
Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.
EventDispatcher
 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Evaluates the bounding box of the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the bounding box of the obj display object.
DisplayObject
 Inherited
hitTestPoint(x:Number, y:Number, shapeFlag:Boolean = false):Boolean
Evaluates the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the point specified by the x and y parameters.
DisplayObject
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
Converts a three-dimensional point of the three-dimensional display object's (local) coordinates to a two-dimensional point in the Stage (global) coordinates.
DisplayObject
 Inherited
Converts the point object from the display object's (local) coordinates to the Stage (global) coordinates.
DisplayObject
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
Removes the specified child DisplayObject instance from the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer instance.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Removes a child DisplayObject from the specified index position in the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void
Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.
EventDispatcher
  
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
  
replaceText(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int, newText:String):void
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField.
FTETextField
 Inherited
Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
  
setSelection(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int):void
This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection.
FTETextField
  
setTextFormat(format:flash.text:TextFormat, beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):void
This method has no effect on a FTETextField if beginIndex or endIndex does not equal -1 because FTETextField does not support formatting a range.
FTETextField
 Inherited
startDrag(lockCenter:Boolean = false, bounds:Rectangle = null):void
Lets the user drag the specified sprite.
Sprite
 Inherited
startTouchDrag(touchPointID:int, lockCenter:Boolean = false, bounds:Rectangle = null):void
Lets the user drag the specified sprite on a touch-enabled device.
Sprite
 Inherited
Ends the startDrag() method.
Sprite
 Inherited
stopTouchDrag(touchPointID:int):void
Ends the startTouchDrag() method, for use with touch-enabled devices.
Sprite
 Inherited
Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the two specified child objects.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
swapChildrenAt(index1:int, index2:int):void
Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the child objects at the two specified index positions in the child list.
DisplayObjectContainer
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.
EventDispatcher
Events
 Event Summary Defined By
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.EventDispatcher
 InheritedDispatched when a display object is added to the display list.DisplayObject
 InheritedDispatched when a display object is added to the on stage display list, either directly or through the addition of a sub tree in which the display object is contained.DisplayObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user selects 'Clear' (or 'Delete') from the text context menu.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user gesture triggers the context menu associated with this interactive object in an AIR application.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user activates the platform specific accelerator key combination for a copy operation or selects 'Copy' from the text context menu.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user activates the platform specific accelerator key combination for a cut operation or selects 'Cut' from the text context menu.InteractiveObject
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.EventDispatcher
 InheritedDispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of a pointing device twice in rapid succession over the same InteractiveObject when that object's doubleClickEnabled flag is set to true.InteractiveObject
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is entering a new frame.DisplayObject
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is exiting the current frame.DisplayObject
 InheritedDispatched after a display object gains focus.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched after a display object loses focus.InteractiveObject
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched after the constructors of frame display objects have run but before frame scripts have run.DisplayObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves a point of contact over the InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as moving a fingers from left to right over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user creates a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance, then taps on a touch-enabled device (such as placing several fingers over a display object to open a menu and then taps one finger to select a menu item on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user performs a rotation gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching two fingers and rotating them over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user performs a swipe gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching three fingers to a screen and then moving them in parallel over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user presses two points of contact over the same InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as presses and releases two fingers over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user performs a zoom gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching two fingers to a screen and then quickly spreading the fingers apart over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedThis event is dispatched to any client app that supports inline input with an IMEInteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user presses a key.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using keyboard navigation.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user releases a key.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user presses and releases the middle button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user presses the middle pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using a pointer device.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user moves the pointing device while it is over an InteractiveObject.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a mouse wheel is spun over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched by the drag initiator InteractiveObject when the user releases the drag gesture.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched by the target InteractiveObject when a dragged object is dropped on it and the drop has been accepted with a call to DragManager.acceptDragDrop().InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture enters its boundary.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture leaves its boundary.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched by an InteractiveObject continually while a drag gesture remains within its boundary.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched at the beginning of a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched during a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user activates the platform specific accelerator key combination for a paste operation or selects 'Paste' from the text context menu.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list.DisplayObject
 InheritedDispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list, either directly or through the removal of a sub tree in which the display object is contained.DisplayObject
 Inherited[broadcast event] Dispatched when the display list is about to be updated and rendered.DisplayObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user presses and releases the right button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user activates the platform specific accelerator key combination for a select all operation or selects 'Select All' from the text context menu.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the value of the object's tabChildren flag changes.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the object's tabEnabled flag changes.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the value of the object's tabIndex property changes.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when a user enters one or more characters of text.InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user first contacts a touch-enabled device (such as touches a finger to a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user removes contact with a touch-enabled device (such as lifts a finger off a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves the point of contact with a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger across a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves the point of contact away from InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from one display object to another on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves the point of contact over an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from a point outside a display object to a point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves the point of contact away from an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from over a display object to a point outisde the display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user moves the point of contact over an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from a point outside a display object to a point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
 InheritedDispatched when the user lifts the point of contact over the same InteractiveObject instance on which the contact was initiated on a touch-enabled device (such as presses and releases a finger from a single point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen).InteractiveObject
Property Detail

alwaysShowSelection

property
alwaysShowSelection:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property is not implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get alwaysShowSelection():Boolean
    public function set alwaysShowSelection(value:Boolean):void

See also

antiAliasType

property 
antiAliasType:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField. Getting it will always return null and setting it will do nothing.



Implementation
    public function get antiAliasType():String
    public function set antiAliasType(value:String):void

See also

autoSize

property 
autoSize:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Controls automatic sizing and alignment of text fields. Acceptable values for the TextFieldAutoSize constants: TextFieldAutoSize.NONE (the default), TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT, TextFieldAutoSize.RIGHT, and TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER.

If autoSize is set to TextFieldAutoSize.NONE (the default) no resizing occurs.

If autoSize is set to TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT, the text is treated as left-justified text, meaning that the left margin of the text field remains fixed and any resizing of a single line of the text field is on the right margin. If the text includes a line break (for example, "\n" or "\r"), the bottom is also resized to fit the next line of text. If wordWrap is also set to true, only the bottom of the text field is resized and the right side remains fixed.

If autoSize is set to TextFieldAutoSize.RIGHT, the text is treated as right-justified text, meaning that the right margin of the text field remains fixed and any resizing of a single line of the text field is on the left margin. If the text includes a line break (for example, "\n" or "\r"), the bottom is also resized to fit the next line of text. If wordWrap is also set to true, only the bottom of the text field is resized and the left side remains fixed.

If autoSize is set to TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER, the text is treated as center-justified text, meaning that any resizing of a single line of the text field is equally distributed to both the right and left margins. If the text includes a line break (for example, "\n" or "\r"), the bottom is also resized to fit the next line of text. If wordWrap is also set to true, only the bottom of the text field is resized and the left and right sides remain fixed.



Implementation
    public function get autoSize():String
    public function set autoSize(value:String):void

background

property 
background:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies whether the text field has a background fill. If true, the text field has a background fill. If false, the text field has no background fill. Use the backgroundColor property to set the background color of a text field.



Implementation
    public function get background():Boolean
    public function set background(value:Boolean):void

backgroundColor

property 
backgroundColor:uint

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The color of the text field background. The default value is 0xFFFFFF (white). This property can be retrieved or set, even if there currently is no background, but the color is visible only if the text field has the background property set to true.



Implementation
    public function get backgroundColor():uint
    public function set backgroundColor(value:uint):void

border

property 
border:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies whether the text field has a border. If true, the text field has a border. If false, the text field has no border. Use the borderColor property to set the border color.



Implementation
    public function get border():Boolean
    public function set border(value:Boolean):void

borderColor

property 
borderColor:uint

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The color of the text field border. The default value is 0x000000 (black). This property can be retrieved or set, even if there currently is no border, but the color is visible only if the text field has the border property set to true.



Implementation
    public function get borderColor():uint
    public function set borderColor(value:uint):void

bottomScrollV

property 
bottomScrollV:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get bottomScrollV():int

See also

caretIndex

property 
caretIndex:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get caretIndex():int

See also

condenseWhite

property 
condenseWhite:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A Boolean value that specifies whether extra white space (spaces, line breaks, and so on) in a text field with HTML text is removed. The default value is false. The condenseWhite property only affects text set with the htmlText property, not the text property. If you set text with the text property, condenseWhite is ignored.

If condenseWhite is set to true, use standard HTML commands such as <BR> and <P> to place line breaks in the text field.

Set the condenseWhite property before setting the htmlText property.



Implementation
    public function get condenseWhite():Boolean
    public function set condenseWhite(value:Boolean):void

defaultTextFormat

property 
defaultTextFormat:flash.text:TextFormat

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies the format applied to newly inserted text, such as text entered by a user or text inserted with the replaceSelectedText() method.

Note: When selecting characters to be replaced with setSelection() and replaceSelectedText(), the defaultTextFormat will be applied only if the text has been selected up to and including the last character. Here is an example:

     var my_txt:TextField new TextField();
     my_txt.text = "Flash Macintosh version";
     var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
     my_fmt.color = 0xFF0000;
     my_txt.defaultTextFormat = my_fmt;
     my_txt.setSelection(6,15); // partial text selected - defaultTextFormat not applied
     my_txt.setSelection(6,23); // text selected to end - defaultTextFormat applied
     my_txt.replaceSelectedText("Windows version");
     

When you access the defaultTextFormat property, the returned TextFormat object has all of its properties defined. No property is null.

Note: You can't set this property if a style sheet is applied to the text field.



Implementation
    public function get defaultTextFormat():flash.text:TextFormat
    public function set defaultTextFormat(value:flash.text:TextFormat):void

direction

property 
direction:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The directionality of the text displayed by the FTETextField.

The allowed values are "ltr" for left-to-right text, as in Latin-style scripts, and "rtl" for right-to-left text, as in Arabic and Hebrew.

Note: This property does not exist in the flash.text.TextField API.

The default value is "ltr".



Implementation
    public function get direction():String
    public function set direction(value:String):void

displayAsPassword

property 
displayAsPassword:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get displayAsPassword():Boolean
    public function set displayAsPassword(value:Boolean):void

See also

embedFonts

property 
embedFonts:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies whether to render by using embedded font outlines. If false, Flash Player renders the text field by using device fonts.

If you set the embedFonts property to true for a text field, you must specify a font for that text by using the font property of a TextFormat object applied to the text field. If the specified font is not embedded in the SWF file, the text is not displayed.



Implementation
    public function get embedFonts():Boolean
    public function set embedFonts(value:Boolean):void

fontContext

property 
fontContext:IFlexModuleFactory

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The IFlexModuleFactory instance that FTETextField uses for creating TextLine objects. This is usually, but not always, an ISWFContext.

Set this if you need lines to be created in a different SWF context than the one containing the TLF code.

Note: This property does not exist in the flash.text.TextField API.

The default value is null.



Implementation
    public function get fontContext():IFlexModuleFactory
    public function set fontContext(value:IFlexModuleFactory):void

gridFitType

property 
gridFitType:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField. Getting it will always return null and setting it will do nothing.



Implementation
    public function get gridFitType():String
    public function set gridFitType(value:String):void

See also

htmlText

property 
htmlText:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Contains the HTML representation of the text field contents.

Flash Player supports the following HTML tags:

Tag Description
Anchor tag The <a> tag creates a hypertext link and supports the following attributes:
  • target: Specifies the name of the target window where you load the page. Options include _self, _blank, _parent, and _top. The _self option specifies the current frame in the current window, _blank specifies a new window, _parent specifies the parent of the current frame, and _top specifies the top-level frame in the current window.
  • href: Specifies a URL or an ActionScript link event.The URL can be either absolute or relative to the location of the SWF file that is loading the page. An example of an absolute reference to a URL is http://www.adobe.com; an example of a relative reference is /index.html. Absolute URLs must be prefixed with http://; otherwise, Flash Player or AIR treats them as relative URLs. You can use the link event to cause the link to execute an ActionScript function in a SWF file instead of opening a URL. To specify a link event, use the event scheme instead of the http scheme in your href attribute. An example is href="event:myText" instead of href="http://myURL"; when the user clicks a hypertext link that contains the event scheme, the text field dispatches a link TextEvent with its text property set to "myText". You can then create an ActionScript function that executes whenever the link TextEvent is dispatched. You can also define a:link, a:hover, and a:active styles for anchor tags by using style sheets.
Bold tag The <b> tag renders text as bold. A bold typeface must be available for the font used.
Break tag The <br> tag creates a line break in the text field. Set the text field to be a multiline text field to use this tag.
Font tag The <font> tag specifies a font or list of fonts to display the text.The font tag supports the following attributes:
  • color: Only hexadecimal color (#FFFFFF) values are supported.
  • face: Specifies the name of the font to use. As shown in the following example, you can specify a list of comma-delimited font names, in which case Flash Player selects the first available font. If the specified font is not installed on the local computer system or isn't embedded in the SWF file, Flash Player selects a substitute font.
  • size: Specifies the size of the font. You can use absolute pixel sizes, such as 16 or 18, or relative point sizes, such as +2 or -4.
Image tag The <img> tag lets you embed external image files (JPEG, GIF, PNG), SWF files, and movie clips inside text fields. Text automatically flows around images you embed in text fields. You must set the text field to be multiline to wrap text around an image.

The <img> tag supports the following attributes:

  • src: Specifies the URL to an image or SWF file, or the linkage identifier for a movie clip symbol in the library. This attribute is required; all other attributes are optional. External files (JPEG, GIF, PNG, and SWF files) do not show until they are downloaded completely.
  • width: The width of the image, SWF file, or movie clip being inserted, in pixels.
  • height: The height of the image, SWF file, or movie clip being inserted, in pixels.
  • align: Specifies the horizontal alignment of the embedded image within the text field. Valid values are left and right. The default value is left.
  • hspace: Specifies the amount of horizontal space that surrounds the image where no text appears. The default value is 8.
  • vspace: Specifies the amount of vertical space that surrounds the image where no text appears. The default value is 8.
  • id: Specifies the name for the movie clip instance (created by Flash Player) that contains the embedded image file, SWF file, or movie clip. This approach is used to control the embedded content with ActionScript.
  • checkPolicyFile: Specifies that Flash Player checks for a URL policy file on the server associated with the image domain. If a policy file exists, SWF files in the domains listed in the file can access the data of the loaded image, for example, by calling the BitmapData.draw() method with this image as the source parameter. For more information related to security, see the Flash Player Developer Center Topic: Security.

Flash displays media embedded in a text field at full size. To specify the dimensions of the media you are embedding, use the <img> tag height and width attributes.

In general, an image embedded in a text field appears on the line following the <img> tag. However, when the <img> tag is the first character in the text field, the image appears on the first line of the text field.

For AIR content in the application security sandbox, AIR ignores img tags in HTML content in ActionScript TextField objects. This is to prevent possible phishing attacks,

Italic tag The <i> tag displays the tagged text in italics. An italic typeface must be available for the font used.
List item tag The <li> tag places a bullet in front of the text that it encloses. Note: Because Flash Player and AIR do not recognize ordered and unordered list tags (<ol> and <ul>, they do not modify how your list is rendered. All lists are unordered and all list items use bullets.
Paragraph tag The <p> tag creates a new paragraph. The text field must be set to be a multiline text field to use this tag. The <p> tag supports the following attributes:
  • align: Specifies alignment of text within the paragraph; valid values are left, right, justify, and center.
  • class: Specifies a CSS style class defined by a flash.text.StyleSheet object.
Span tag The <span> tag is available only for use with CSS text styles. It supports the following attribute:
  • class: Specifies a CSS style class defined by a flash.text.StyleSheet object.
Text format tag

The <textformat> tag lets you use a subset of paragraph formatting properties of the TextFormat class within text fields, including line leading, indentation, margins, and tab stops. You can combine <textformat> tags with the built-in HTML tags.

The <textformat> tag has the following attributes:

  • blockindent: Specifies the block indentation in points; corresponds to TextFormat.blockIndent.
  • indent: Specifies the indentation from the left margin to the first character in the paragraph; corresponds to TextFormat.indent. Both positive and negative numbers are acceptable.
  • leading: Specifies the amount of leading (vertical space) between lines; corresponds to TextFormat.leading. Both positive and negative numbers are acceptable.
  • leftmargin: Specifies the left margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds to TextFormat.leftMargin.
  • rightmargin: Specifies the right margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds to TextFormat.rightMargin.
  • tabstops: Specifies custom tab stops as an array of non-negative integers; corresponds to TextFormat.tabStops.
Underline tag The <u> tag underlines the tagged text.

Flash Player and AIR support the following HTML entities:

Entity Description
&lt; < (less than)
&gt; > (greater than)
&amp; & (ampersand)
&quot; " (double quotes)
&apos; ' (apostrophe, single quote)

Flash Player and AIR also support explicit character codes, such as &#38; (ASCII ampersand) and &#x20AC; (Unicode € symbol).



Implementation
    public function get htmlText():String
    public function set htmlText(value:String):void

length

property 
length:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The number of characters in a text field. A character such as tab (\t) counts as one character.



Implementation
    public function get length():int

locale

property 
locale:String

The locale of the text displayed by FTETextField.

FTE and TLF use this locale to map Unicode characters to font glyphs and to find fallback fonts.



Implementation
    public function get locale():String
    public function set locale(value:String):void

maxChars

property 
maxChars:int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get maxChars():int
    public function set maxChars(value:int):void

See also

maxScrollH

property 
maxScrollH:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get maxScrollH():int

See also

maxScrollV

property 
maxScrollV:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get maxScrollV():int

See also

mouseWheelEnabled

property 
mouseWheelEnabled:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. Getting it will always return false and setting it will do nothing.



Implementation
    public function get mouseWheelEnabled():Boolean
    public function set mouseWheelEnabled(value:Boolean):void

See also

multiline

property 
multiline:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. However, you can get and set it.



Implementation
    public function get multiline():Boolean
    public function set multiline(value:Boolean):void

See also

numLines

property 
numLines:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Defines the number of text lines in a multiline text field. If wordWrap property is set to true, the number of lines increases when text wraps.



Implementation
    public function get numLines():int

restrict

property 
restrict:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get restrict():String
    public function set restrict(value:String):void

See also

scrollH

property 
scrollH:int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get scrollH():int
    public function set scrollH(value:int):void

See also

scrollV

property 
scrollV:int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get scrollV():int
    public function set scrollV(value:int):void

See also

selectable

property 
selectable:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Setting this property has no effect in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. If you get it, it will always be false.



Implementation
    public function get selectable():Boolean
    public function set selectable(value:Boolean):void

See also

selectionBeginIndex

property 
selectionBeginIndex:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get selectionBeginIndex():int

See also

selectionEndIndex

property 
selectionEndIndex:int  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get selectionEndIndex():int

See also

sharpness

property 
sharpness:Number

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has no effect in FTETextField. because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField. Getting it will always return NaN and setting it will do nothing.



Implementation
    public function get sharpness():Number
    public function set sharpness(value:Number):void

See also

styleSheet

property 
styleSheet:StyleSheet

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Attaches a style sheet to the text field. For information on creating style sheets, see the StyleSheet class and the ActionScript 3.0 Developer's Guide.

You can change the style sheet associated with a text field at any time. If you change the style sheet in use, the text field is redrawn with the new style sheet. You can set the style sheet to null or undefined to remove the style sheet. If the style sheet in use is removed, the text field is redrawn without a style sheet.

Note: If the style sheet is removed, the contents of both TextField.text and TextField.htmlText change to incorporate the formatting previously applied by the style sheet. To preserve the original TextField.htmlText contents without the formatting, save the value in a variable before removing the style sheet.



Implementation
    public function get styleSheet():StyleSheet
    public function set styleSheet(value:StyleSheet):void

See also

text

property 
text:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A string that is the current text in the text field. Lines are separated by the carriage return character ('\r', ASCII 13). This property contains unformatted text in the text field, without HTML tags.

To get the text in HTML form, use the htmlText property.



Implementation
    public function get text():String
    public function set text(value:String):void

textColor

property 
textColor:uint

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The color of the text in a text field, in hexadecimal format. The hexadecimal color system uses six digits to represent color values. Each digit has 16 possible values or characters. The characters range from 0-9 and then A-F. For example, black is 0x000000; white is 0xFFFFFF.



Implementation
    public function get textColor():uint
    public function set textColor(value:uint):void

textHeight

property 
textHeight:Number  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The height of the text in pixels.



Implementation
    public function get textHeight():Number

textWidth

property 
textWidth:Number  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The width of the text in pixels.



Implementation
    public function get textWidth():Number

thickness

property 
thickness:Number

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField. Getting it will always return NaN and setting it will do nothing.



Implementation
    public function get thickness():Number
    public function set thickness(value:Number):void

See also

type

property 
type:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The type of the text field. Either one of the following TextFieldType constants: TextFieldType.DYNAMIC, which specifies a dynamic text field, which a user cannot edit, or TextFieldType.INPUT, which specifies an input text field, which a user can edit.



Implementation
    public function get type():String
    public function set type(value:String):void

useRichTextClipboard

property 
useRichTextClipboard:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This property is not implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection or clipboard operations. Accessing it will throw a runtime error.



Implementation
    public function get useRichTextClipboard():Boolean
    public function set useRichTextClipboard(value:Boolean):void

See also

wordWrap

property 
wordWrap:Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field has word wrap. If the value of wordWrap is true, the text field has word wrap; if the value is false, the text field does not have word wrap. The default value is false.



Implementation
    public function get wordWrap():Boolean
    public function set wordWrap(value:Boolean):void
Constructor Detail

FTETextField

()Constructor
public function FTETextField()

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Constructor.

Method Detail

appendText

()method
public function appendText(newText:String):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

newText:String — n/a

See also

getCharBoundaries

()method 
public function getCharBoundaries(charIndex:int):Rectangle

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

charIndex:int — n/a

Returns
Rectangle — n/a

See also

getCharIndexAtPoint

()method 
public function getCharIndexAtPoint(x:Number, y:Number):int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

x:Number — n/a
 
y:Number — n/a

Returns
int — n/a

See also

getFirstCharInParagraph

()method 
public function getFirstCharInParagraph(charIndex:int):int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

charIndex:int — n/a

Returns
int — n/a

See also

getImageReference

()method 
public function getImageReference(id:String):DisplayObject

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

id:String — n/a

Returns
DisplayObject — n/a

See also

getLineIndexAtPoint

()method 
public function getLineIndexAtPoint(x:Number, y:Number):int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

x:Number — n/a
 
y:Number — n/a

Returns
int — n/a

See also

getLineIndexOfChar

()method 
public function getLineIndexOfChar(charIndex:int):int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

charIndex:int — n/a

Returns
int — n/a

See also

getLineLength

()method 
public function getLineLength(lineIndex:int):int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

lineIndex:int — n/a

Returns
int — n/a

See also

getLineMetrics

()method 
public function getLineMetrics(lineIndex:int):flash.text:TextLineMetrics

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns metrics information about a given text line.

Parameters

lineIndex:int — The line number for which you want metrics information.

Returns
flash.text:TextLineMetrics — A TextLineMetrics object.

getLineOffset

()method 
public function getLineOffset(lineIndex:int):int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

lineIndex:int — n/a

Returns
int — n/a

See also

getLineText

()method 
public function getLineText(lineIndex:int):String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

lineIndex:int — n/a

Returns
String — n/a

See also

getParagraphLength

()method 
public function getParagraphLength(charIndex:int):int

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

charIndex:int — n/a

Returns
int — n/a

See also

getTextFormat

()method 
public function getTextFormat(beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):flash.text:TextFormat

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has been implemented in FTETextField to simply return a copy of the defaultTextFormat, because FTETextField does not support formatting a range.

Parameters

beginIndex:int (default = -1) — n/a
 
endIndex:int (default = -1) — n/a

Returns
flash.text:TextFormat — n/a

See also

replaceSelectedText

()method 
public function replaceSelectedText(value:String):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

value:String — n/a

See also

replaceText

()method 
public function replaceText(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int, newText:String):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

beginIndex:int — n/a
 
endIndex:int — n/a
 
newText:String — n/a

See also

setSelection

()method 
public function setSelection(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. It will throw a runtime error if called.

Parameters

beginIndex:int — n/a
 
endIndex:int — n/a

See also

setTextFormat

()method 
public function setTextFormat(format:flash.text:TextFormat, beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):void

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This method has no effect on a FTETextField if beginIndex or endIndex does not equal -1 because FTETextField does not support formatting a range.

Parameters

format:flash.text:TextFormat — n/a
 
beginIndex:int (default = -1) — n/a
 
endIndex:int (default = -1) — n/a

See also