Package | fl.controls |
Class | public class TextArea |
Inheritance | TextArea UIComponent Sprite DisplayObjectContainer InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher Object |
Implements | IFocusManagerComponent |
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Related API Elements
Property | Defined By | ||
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accessibilityImplementation : AccessibilityImplementation
The current accessibility implementation (AccessibilityImplementation)
for this InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | ||
accessibilityProperties : AccessibilityProperties
The current accessibility options for this display object. | DisplayObject | ||
alpha : Number
Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified. | DisplayObject | ||
alwaysShowSelection : Boolean
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether Flash Player
highlights a selection in the text field when the text field
does not have focus. | TextArea | ||
blendMode : String
A value from the BlendMode class that specifies which blend mode to use. | DisplayObject | ||
blendShader : Shader [write-only]
Sets a shader that is used for blending the foreground and background. | DisplayObject | ||
buttonMode : Boolean
Specifies the button mode of this sprite. | Sprite | ||
cacheAsBitmap : Boolean
If set to true, Flash runtimes cache an internal bitmap representation of the
display object. | DisplayObject | ||
cacheAsBitmapMatrix : Matrix
If non-null, this Matrix object defines how a display object is rendered when
cacheAsBitmap is set to true. | DisplayObject | ||
condenseWhite : Boolean
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether extra white space
is removed from a TextArea component that contains HTML text. | TextArea | ||
constructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance. | Object | ||
contextMenu : NativeMenu
Specifies the context menu associated with this object. | InteractiveObject | ||
displayAsPassword : Boolean
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the TextArea component
instance is the text field for a password. | TextArea | ||
doubleClickEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether the object receives doubleClick events. | InteractiveObject | ||
dropTarget : DisplayObject [read-only]
Specifies the display object over which the sprite is being dragged, or on
which the sprite was dropped. | Sprite | ||
editable : Boolean
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the user can
edit the text in the component. | TextArea | ||
enabled : Boolean [override]
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the component can accept user interaction. | TextArea | ||
filters : Array
An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object. | DisplayObject | ||
focusEnabled : Boolean
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the component can receive focus
after the user clicks it. | UIComponent | ||
focusManager : IFocusManager
Gets or sets the FocusManager that controls focus for this component and its
peers. | UIComponent | ||
focusRect : Object
Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle. | InteractiveObject | ||
graphics : Graphics [read-only]
Specifies the Graphics object that belongs to this sprite where vector
drawing commands can occur. | Sprite | ||
height : Number [override]
Gets or sets the height of the component, in pixels. | UIComponent | ||
hitArea : Sprite
Designates another sprite to serve as the hit area for a sprite. | Sprite | ||
horizontalScrollBar : UIScrollBar [read-only]
Gets a reference to the horizontal scroll bar. | TextArea | ||
horizontalScrollPolicy : String
Gets or sets the scroll policy for the horizontal scroll bar. | TextArea | ||
horizontalScrollPosition : Number
Gets or sets the change in the position of the scroll bar thumb, in pixels, after
the user scrolls the text field horizontally. | TextArea | ||
htmlText : String
Gets or sets the HTML representation of the string that the text field contains. | TextArea | ||
imeMode : String
Gets or sets the mode of the input method editor (IME). | TextArea | ||
length : Number [read-only]
Gets the count of characters that the TextArea component contains. | TextArea | ||
loaderInfo : LoaderInfo [read-only]
Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file
to which this display object belongs. | DisplayObject | ||
mask : DisplayObject
The calling display object is masked by the specified mask object. | DisplayObject | ||
maxChars : int
Gets or sets the maximum number of characters that a user can enter
in the text field. | TextArea | ||
maxHorizontalScrollPosition : int [read-only]
Gets the maximum value of the horizontalScrollPosition property. | TextArea | ||
maxVerticalScrollPosition : int [read-only]
Gets the maximum value of the verticalScrollPosition property. | TextArea | ||
mouseChildren : Boolean
Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse, or user input device, enabled. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
mouseEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object receives mouse, or other user input, messages. | InteractiveObject | ||
mouseFocusEnabled : Boolean
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the component can receive focus after
the user clicks it. | UIComponent | ||
mouseX : Number [read-only]
Indicates the x coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels. | DisplayObject | ||
mouseY : Number [read-only]
Indicates the y coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels. | DisplayObject | ||
name : String
Indicates the instance name of the DisplayObject. | DisplayObject | ||
needsSoftKeyboard : Boolean
Specifies whether a virtual keyboard (an on-screen, software keyboard) should display
when this InteractiveObject instance receives focus. | InteractiveObject | ||
numChildren : int [read-only]
Returns the number of children of this object. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
opaqueBackground : Object
Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color. | DisplayObject | ||
parent : DisplayObjectContainer [read-only]
Indicates the DisplayObjectContainer object that contains this display object. | DisplayObject | ||
prototype : Object [static]
A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object. | Object | ||
restrict : String
Gets or sets the string of characters that the text field
accepts from a user. | TextArea | ||
root : 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 | ||
rotation : Number
Indicates the rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation. | DisplayObject | ||
rotationX : Number
Indicates the x-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject | ||
rotationY : Number
Indicates the y-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject | ||
rotationZ : Number
Indicates the z-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject | ||
scale9Grid : Rectangle
The current scaling grid that is in effect. | DisplayObject | ||
scaleX : Number [override]
Multiplies the current width of the component by a scale factor. | UIComponent | ||
scaleY : Number [override]
Multiplies the current height of the component by a scale factor. | UIComponent | ||
scaleZ : Number
Indicates the depth scale (percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object. | DisplayObject | ||
scrollRect : Rectangle
The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object. | DisplayObject | ||
selectionBeginIndex : int [read-only]
Gets the index position of the first selected character in a selection of one or more
characters. | TextArea | ||
selectionEndIndex : int [read-only]
Gets the index position of the last selected character in a selection of one or more
characters. | TextArea | ||
softKeyboardInputAreaOfInterest : Rectangle
Defines the area that should remain on-screen when a soft keyboard is displayed. | InteractiveObject | ||
soundTransform : flash.media:SoundTransform
Controls sound within this sprite. | Sprite | ||
stage : Stage [read-only]
The Stage of the display object. | DisplayObject | ||
tabChildren : Boolean
Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
tabEnabled : Boolean
Specifies whether this object is in the tab order. | InteractiveObject | ||
tabIndex : int
Specifies the tab ordering of objects in a SWF file. | InteractiveObject | ||
text : String
Gets or sets a string which contains the text that is currently in
the TextInput component. | TextArea | ||
textField : flash.text:TextField
A reference to the internal text field of the TextArea component. | TextArea | ||
textHeight : Number [read-only]
Gets the height of the text, in pixels. | TextArea | ||
textSnapshot : flash.text:TextSnapshot [read-only]
Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
textWidth : Number [read-only]
Gets the width of the text, in pixels. | TextArea | ||
transform : flash.geom:Transform
An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds. | DisplayObject | ||
useHandCursor : 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 | ||
verticalScrollBar : UIScrollBar [read-only]
Gets a reference to the vertical scroll bar. | TextArea | ||
verticalScrollPolicy : String
Gets or sets the scroll policy for the vertical scroll bar. | TextArea | ||
verticalScrollPosition : Number
Gets or sets the change in the position of the scroll bar thumb, in pixels, after
the user scrolls the text field vertically. | TextArea | ||
visible : Boolean [override]
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the current component instance is visible. | UIComponent | ||
width : Number [override]
Gets or sets the width of the component, in pixels. | UIComponent | ||
wordWrap : Boolean
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the text
wraps at the end of the line. | TextArea | ||
x : Number [override]
Gets or sets the x coordinate that represents the position of the component along
the x axis within its parent container. | UIComponent | ||
y : Number [override]
Gets or sets the y coordinate that represents the position of the component along
the y axis within its parent container. | UIComponent | ||
z : Number
Indicates the z coordinate position along the z-axis of the DisplayObject
instance relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject |
Method | Defined By | ||
---|---|---|---|
TextArea()
Creates a new TextArea component instance. | TextArea | ||
Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer
instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
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 | ||
Appends the specified string after the last character that the TextArea
component contains. | TextArea | ||
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 | ||
Deletes a style property from this component instance. | UIComponent | ||
Determines whether the specified display object is a child of the DisplayObjectContainer instance or
the instance itself. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Dispatches an event into the event flow. | EventDispatcher | ||
[override]
Shows or hides the focus indicator on this component. | TextArea | ||
Initiates an immediate draw operation, without invalidating everything as invalidateNow does. | UIComponent | ||
Returns a rectangle that defines the area of the display object relative to the coordinate system
of the targetCoordinateSpace object. | DisplayObject | ||
Returns the child display object instance that exists at the specified index. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Returns the child display object that exists with the specified name. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Retrieves the object that currently has focus. | UIComponent | ||
Retrieves information about a specified line of text. | TextArea | ||
Returns an array of objects that lie under the specified point and are children
(or grandchildren, and so on) of this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
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 | ||
Retrieves a style property that is set in the style lookup
chain of the component. | UIComponent | ||
[static]
Retrieves the default style map for the current component. | TextArea | ||
Converts the point object from the Stage (global) coordinates
to the display object's (local) coordinates. | DisplayObject | ||
Converts a two-dimensional point from the Stage (global) coordinates to a
three-dimensional display object's (local) coordinates. | DisplayObject | ||
Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type
of event. | EventDispatcher | ||
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined. | Object | ||
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 | ||
Evaluates the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the
point specified by the x and y parameters. | DisplayObject | ||
Marks a property as invalid and redraws the component on the
next frame unless otherwise specified. | UIComponent | ||
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified
as the parameter. | Object | ||
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 | ||
Converts the point object from the display object's (local) coordinates to the
Stage (global) coordinates. | DisplayObject | ||
[static]
Merges the styles from multiple classes into one object. | UIComponent | ||
Moves the component to the specified position within its parent. | UIComponent | ||
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object | ||
Removes the specified child DisplayObject instance from the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Removes a child DisplayObject from the specified index position in the child list of
the DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Removes one or more child DisplayObject instances from the DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object. | EventDispatcher | ||
Raises a virtual keyboard. | InteractiveObject | ||
Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Sets the focus to this component. | UIComponent | ||
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object | ||
Sets the range of a selection made in a text area that has focus. | TextArea | ||
Sets the component to the specified width and height. | UIComponent | ||
Sets a style property on this component instance. | UIComponent | ||
Lets the user drag the specified sprite. | Sprite | ||
Lets the user drag the specified sprite on a touch-enabled device. | Sprite | ||
Ends the startDrag() method. | Sprite | ||
Ends the startTouchDrag() method, for use with touch-enabled devices. | Sprite | ||
Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the two specified child objects. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the child objects at the two specified index positions in the
child list. | DisplayObjectContainer | ||
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object | ||
Returns the string representation of the specified object. | Object | ||
Validates and updates the properties and layout of this object, redrawing it
if necessary. | UIComponent | ||
Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object | ||
Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of
its ancestors for the specified event type. | EventDispatcher |
Event | Summary | Defined By | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active. | EventDispatcher | |||
Dispatched when a display object is added to the display list. | DisplayObject | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched when the text in the TextArea component changes. | TextArea | |||
Dispatched when the user selects 'Clear' (or 'Delete') from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user gesture triggers the context menu associated with this interactive object in an AIR application. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a copy operation or selects 'Copy' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a cut operation or selects 'Cut' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | |||
[broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive. | EventDispatcher | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched when the user presses the Enter key while in the component. | TextArea | |||
[broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is entering a new frame. | DisplayObject | |||
[broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is exiting the current frame. | DisplayObject | |||
Dispatched after a display object gains focus. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched after a display object loses focus. | InteractiveObject | |||
[broadcast event] Dispatched after the constructors of frame display objects have run but before frame scripts have run. | DisplayObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves a point of contact over the InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as moving a finger from left to right over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched after the component visibility changes from visible to invisible. | UIComponent | |||
This event is dispatched to any client app that supports inline input with an IME | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user presses a key. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using keyboard navigation. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user releases a key. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user presses and releases the middle button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user presses the middle pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using a pointer device. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user moves the pointing device while it is over an InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a mouse wheel is spun over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched after the component is moved. | UIComponent | |||
Dispatched by the drag initiator InteractiveObject when the user releases the drag gesture. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture enters its boundary. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture leaves its boundary. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched by an InteractiveObject continually while a drag gesture remains within its boundary. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched at the beginning of a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched during a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a paste operation or selects 'Paste' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user lowers an active stylus past the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user lifts an active stylus above the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus over the screen while remaining within the proximity detection threshold. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus away from this InteractiveObject while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus directly above this InteractiveObject while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus away from this InteractiveObject and any of its children while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus over this InteractiveObject from outside the object's tree of descendents in the display list (while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen). | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list. | DisplayObject | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
[broadcast event] Dispatched when the display list is about to be updated and rendered. | DisplayObject | |||
Dispatched after the component is resized. | UIComponent | |||
Dispatched when a user presses and releases the right button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the content is scrolled. | TextArea | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched after the component visibility changes from invisible to visible. | UIComponent | |||
Dispatched immediately after the soft keyboard is raised. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched immediately before the soft keyboard is raised. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched immediately after the soft keyboard is lowered. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the value of the object's tabChildren flag changes. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the object's tabEnabled flag changes. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the value of the object's tabIndex property changes. | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched when the user enters, deletes, or pastes text into the component. | TextArea | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 outside the display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject | |||
Dispatched 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 | |||
Dispatched 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 |
Styles are either common or associated with a specific theme. If the style is common, it can be used with any theme. If a style is associated with a specific theme, it can only be used if your application uses that theme.
Style | Description | Defined By | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
disabledSkin | Type: Class The class that provides the background for the TextArea component when its enabled property is set to false .
The default value is TextArea_disabledSkin . | TextArea | ||
Type: flash.text.TextFormat The TextFormat object to use to render the component label when the button is disabled. | UIComponent | |||
embedFonts | Type: Boolean Indicates whether embedded font outlines are used to render the text field. If this value is true , Flash Player renders the text field
by using embedded font outlines. If this value is false ,
Flash Player renders the text field by using device fonts.
If you set the false . | TextArea | ||
Type: Number Format: Length The padding that separates the outside boundaries of the component from the outside edges of the focus indicator, in pixels. | UIComponent | |||
Type: Class The skin to be used to display focus indicators. | UIComponent | |||
Type: flash.text.TextFormat The TextFormat object to use to render the component label. | UIComponent | |||
textPadding | Type: Number Format: Length The padding that separates the component border from the text, in pixels. The default value is 3 . | TextArea | ||
upSkin | Type: Class The class that provides the background for the TextArea component. The default value is TextArea_upSkin . | TextArea |
alwaysShowSelection | property |
alwaysShowSelection:Boolean
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether Flash Player
highlights a selection in the text field when the text field
does not have focus.
If this value is set to true
and the text field does not
have focus, Flash Player highlights the selection in gray. If this value
is set to false
and the text field does not have focus, Flash
Player does not highlight the selection.
The default value is false.
Implementation
public function get alwaysShowSelection():Boolean
public function set alwaysShowSelection(value:Boolean):void
Related API Elements
condenseWhite | property |
condenseWhite:Boolean
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether extra white space
is removed from a TextArea component that contains HTML text. Examples
of extra white space in the component include spaces and line breaks.
A value of true
indicates that extra white space is removed;
a value of false
indicates that extra white space is not removed.
This property affects only text that is set by using the htmlText
property; it does not affect text that is set by using the text
property.
If you use the text
property to set text, the condenseWhite
property is ignored.
If the condenseWhite
property is set to true
, you
must use standard HTML commands, such as <br> and <p>, to place line
breaks in the text field.
The default value is false.
Implementation
public function get condenseWhite():Boolean
public function set condenseWhite(value:Boolean):void
Related API Elements
Example ( How to use this example )
condenseWhite
property:
import fl.controls.CheckBox; import fl.controls.ScrollPolicy; import fl.controls.TextArea; var str:String; var plainTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); plainTextArea.verticalScrollPolicy = ScrollPolicy.ON; plainTextArea.setSize(260, 360); plainTextArea.move(10, 10); addChild(plainTextArea); var htmlTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); htmlTextArea.verticalScrollPolicy = ScrollPolicy.ON; htmlTextArea.condenseWhite = true; htmlTextArea.setSize(260, 360); htmlTextArea.move(280, 10); addChild(htmlTextArea); var condenseCheckBox:CheckBox = new CheckBox(); condenseCheckBox.textField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; condenseCheckBox.label = "condenseWhite:"; condenseCheckBox.selected = htmlTextArea.condenseWhite; condenseCheckBox.move(htmlTextArea.x, htmlTextArea.y + htmlTextArea.height); condenseCheckBox.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler); addChild(condenseCheckBox); var urlLdr:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); urlLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler); urlLdr.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT; urlLdr.load(new URLRequest("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/lorem.html")); function completeHandler(event:Event):void { str = event.target.data as String; plainTextArea.text = str; htmlTextArea.htmlText = str; } function clickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void { var sel:Boolean = event.currentTarget.selected; htmlTextArea.condenseWhite = sel; htmlTextArea.htmlText = str; }
displayAsPassword | property |
displayAsPassword:Boolean
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the TextArea component
instance is the text field for a password. A value of true
indicates that the current instance was created to contain a password;
a value of false
indicates that it was not.
If the value of this property is true
, the characters
that the user enters in the text area cannot be seen. Instead,
an asterisk is displayed in place of each character that the
user enters. Additionally, the Cut and Copy commands and their keyboard
shortcuts are disabled to prevent the recovery of a password from
an unattended computer.
The default value is false.
Implementation
public function get displayAsPassword():Boolean
public function set displayAsPassword(value:Boolean):void
editable | property |
editable:Boolean
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the user can
edit the text in the component. A value of true
indicates
that the user can edit the text that the component contains; a value of false
indicates that it cannot.
The default value is true.
Implementation
public function get editable():Boolean
public function set editable(value:Boolean):void
enabled | property |
enabled:Boolean
[override] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the component can accept user interaction.
A value of true
indicates that the component can accept user interaction; a
value of false
indicates that it cannot.
If you set the enabled
property to false
, the color of the
container is dimmed and user input is blocked (with the exception of the Label and ProgressBar components).
Implementation
override public function get enabled():Boolean
override public function set enabled(value:Boolean):void
horizontalScrollBar | property |
horizontalScrollBar:UIScrollBar
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets a reference to the horizontal scroll bar.
Implementation
public function get horizontalScrollBar():UIScrollBar
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horizontalScrollPolicy | property |
horizontalScrollPolicy:String
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the scroll policy for the horizontal scroll bar. This can be one of the following values:
- ScrollPolicy.ON: The horizontal scroll bar is always on.
- ScrollPolicy.OFF: The scroll bar is always off.
- ScrollPolicy.AUTO: The scroll bar turns on when it is needed.
The default value is ScrollPolicy.AUTO.
Implementation
public function get horizontalScrollPolicy():String
public function set horizontalScrollPolicy(value:String):void
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Example ( How to use this example )
horizontalScrollPolicy
property to ScrollPolicy.ON
so the horizontal scroll bar will always be visible, regardless of the amount of content currently in the text area:
import fl.controls.TextArea; import fl.controls.ScrollPolicy; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.wordWrap = false; myTextArea.horizontalScrollPolicy = ScrollPolicy.ON; myTextArea.text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."; myTextArea.setSize(320, 120); myTextArea.move(10, 10); addChild(myTextArea);
horizontalScrollPosition | property |
horizontalScrollPosition:Number
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the change in the position of the scroll bar thumb, in pixels, after the user scrolls the text field horizontally. If this value is 0, the text field was not horizontally scrolled.
The default value is 0.
Implementation
public function get horizontalScrollPosition():Number
public function set horizontalScrollPosition(value:Number):void
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htmlText | property |
htmlText:String
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the HTML representation of the string that the text field contains.
The default value is "".
Implementation
public function get htmlText():String
public function set htmlText(value:String):void
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Example ( How to use this example )
import fl.controls.TextArea; var myText:String = ""; myText += "<p>You can use the <b> tag to create <b>bold</b> text.</p>"; myText += "<p>You can use the <i> tag to create <i>italic</i> text.</p>"; myText += "<p>You can use the <u> tag to create <u>underlined</a> text.</p>"; myText += "<p>You can use the <a> tag to create <a href='http://www.adobe.com'>links to other sites</a>.</p>"; myText += "<p>You can use the <br> tag to create<br>new lines of text<br>whenever you want.</p>"; myText += "<p>You can use the <font> tag to specificy different font <font color='#FF0000'>colors</font>, <font size='16'>sizes</font>, or <font face='Times New Roman'>faces</font>.</p>"; myText += "<p>You can use the <img> tag to load images or SWF files:<br><img src='http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/images/logo.png'>.</p>"; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.htmlText = myText; myTextArea.setSize(320, 240); myTextArea.move(10, 10); addChild(myTextArea);
import fl.controls.TextArea; var str:String = "<p>Check out the following links:</p>"; str += "<li><a href=\"event:flash\"><u>Flash</u></a></li>"; str += "<li><a href=\"event:flex\"><u>Flex</u></a></li>"; str += "<li><a href=\"event:devnet\"><u>Developer Center</u></a></li>"; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.htmlText += str; myTextArea.setSize(320, 120); myTextArea.move(10, 10); myTextArea.addEventListener(TextEvent.LINK, linkHandler); addChild(myTextArea); function linkHandler(event:TextEvent):void { var url:String = "http://www.adobe.com/go/" + event.text; var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url); navigateToURL(urlReq); }
imeMode | property |
imeMode:String
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the mode of the input method editor (IME). The IME makes it possible for users to use a QWERTY keyboard to enter characters from the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean character sets.
Flash sets the IME to the specified mode when the component gets focus, and restores it to the original value after the component loses focus.
The flash.system.IMEConversionMode class defines constants for
the valid values for this property. Set this property to null
to
prevent the use of the IME with the component.
Implementation
public function get imeMode():String
public function set imeMode(value:String):void
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length | property |
maxChars | property |
maxChars:int
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the maximum number of characters that a user can enter in the text field.
The default value is 0.
Implementation
public function get maxChars():int
public function set maxChars(value:int):void
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maxChars
property to limit the amount of text that can entered into the text area:
import fl.controls.Label; import fl.controls.TextArea; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.maxChars = 500; myTextArea.setSize(320, 240); myTextArea.move(10, 10); myTextArea.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT, textInputHandler); addChild(myTextArea); var charCountLabel:Label = new Label(); charCountLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; charCountLabel.move(myTextArea.x, myTextArea.y + myTextArea.height); addChild(charCountLabel); charCountLabel.text = myTextArea.length + " of " + myTextArea.maxChars; function textInputHandler(event:TextEvent):void { updateCount(); } function updateCount():void { charCountLabel.text = myTextArea.length + " of " + myTextArea.maxChars; }
maxHorizontalScrollPosition | property |
maxHorizontalScrollPosition:int
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets the maximum value of the horizontalScrollPosition
property.
The default value is 0.
Implementation
public function get maxHorizontalScrollPosition():int
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maxVerticalScrollPosition | property |
maxVerticalScrollPosition:int
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets the maximum value of the verticalScrollPosition
property.
The default value is 1.
Implementation
public function get maxVerticalScrollPosition():int
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restrict | property |
restrict:String
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the string of characters that the text field accepts from a user.
Note that characters that are not included in this string are accepted in the text field if they are entered programmatically.
The characters in the string are read from left to right. You can specify a character range by using the hyphen (-) character.
If the value of this property is null
, the text field
accepts all characters. If this property is set to an empty string (""),
the text field accepts no characters.
If the string begins with a caret (^) character, all characters are initially accepted and succeeding characters in the string are excluded from the set of accepted characters. If the string does not begin with a caret (^) character, no characters are initially accepted and succeeding characters in the string are included in the set of accepted characters.
The default value is null.
Implementation
public function get restrict():String
public function set restrict(value:String):void
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selectionBeginIndex | property |
selectionBeginIndex:int
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets the index position of the first selected character in a selection of one or more characters.
The index position of a selected character is zero-based and calculated from the first character that appears in the text area. If there is no selection, this value is set to the position of the caret.
The default value is 0.
Implementation
public function get selectionBeginIndex():int
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selectionEndIndex | property |
selectionEndIndex:int
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets the index position of the last selected character in a selection of one or more characters.
The index position of a selected character is zero-based and calculated from the first character that appears in the text area. If there is no selection, this value is set to the position of the caret.
The default value is 0.
Implementation
public function get selectionEndIndex():int
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text | property |
text:String
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets a string which contains the text that is currently in
the TextInput component. This property contains text that is unformatted
and does not have HTML tags. To retrieve this text formatted as HTML, use
the htmlText
property.
The default value is "".
Implementation
public function get text():String
public function set text(value:String):void
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textField | property |
public var textField:flash.text:TextField
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
A reference to the internal text field of the TextArea component.
textHeight | property |
textHeight:Number
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets the height of the text, in pixels.
The default value is 0.
Implementation
public function get textHeight():Number
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Example ( How to use this example )
textWidth
and textHeight
properties whenever the change
event is dispatched:
import fl.controls.Label; import fl.controls.TextArea; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea() myTextArea.setSize(320, 240); myTextArea.move(10, 10); myTextArea.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, changeHandler); addChild(myTextArea); var widthLabel:Label = new Label(); widthLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; widthLabel.text = "textWidth: " + myTextArea.textWidth; widthLabel.move(340, 10); addChild(widthLabel); var heightLabel:Label = new Label(); heightLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; heightLabel.text = "textHeight: " + myTextArea.textHeight; heightLabel.move(340, 30); addChild(heightLabel); function changeHandler(event:Event):void { widthLabel.text = "textWidth: " + myTextArea.textWidth; heightLabel.text = "textHeight: " + myTextArea.textHeight; }
textWidth | property |
textWidth:Number
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets the width of the text, in pixels.
The default value is 0.
Implementation
public function get textWidth():Number
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Example ( How to use this example )
textWidth
and textHeight
properties whenever the change
event is dispatched:
import fl.controls.Label; import fl.controls.TextArea; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea() myTextArea.setSize(320, 240); myTextArea.move(10, 10); myTextArea.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, changeHandler); addChild(myTextArea); var widthLabel:Label = new Label(); widthLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; widthLabel.text = "textWidth: " + myTextArea.textWidth; widthLabel.move(340, 10); addChild(widthLabel); var heightLabel:Label = new Label(); heightLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; heightLabel.text = "textHeight: " + myTextArea.textHeight; heightLabel.move(340, 30); addChild(heightLabel); function changeHandler(event:Event):void { widthLabel.text = "textWidth: " + myTextArea.textWidth; heightLabel.text = "textHeight: " + myTextArea.textHeight; }
verticalScrollBar | property |
verticalScrollBar:UIScrollBar
[read-only] Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets a reference to the vertical scroll bar.
Implementation
public function get verticalScrollBar():UIScrollBar
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Example ( How to use this example )
pageSize
property on the components vertical scroll bar:
import fl.controls.TextArea; import fl.events.ScrollEvent; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.setSize(160, 120); myTextArea.move(10, 10); myTextArea.verticalScrollBar.pageSize = 1; myTextArea.addEventListener(ScrollEvent.SCROLL, scrollHandler); addChild(myTextArea); var myURLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); myURLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler); myURLLoader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/lorem.txt")); function scrollHandler(event:ScrollEvent):void { trace("scroll: " + myTextArea.verticalScrollPosition + " of " + myTextArea.maxVerticalScrollPosition); } function completeHandler(event:Event):void { var txt:String = URLLoader(event.currentTarget).data as String; myTextArea.text = txt; }
verticalScrollPolicy | property |
verticalScrollPolicy:String
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the scroll policy for the vertical scroll bar. This can be one of the following values:
- ScrollPolicy.ON: The scroll bar is always on.
- ScrollPolicy.OFF: The scroll bar is always off.
- ScrollPolicy.AUTO: The scroll bar turns on when it is needed.
The default value is ScrollPolicy.AUTO.
Implementation
public function get verticalScrollPolicy():String
public function set verticalScrollPolicy(value:String):void
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Example ( How to use this example )
verticalScrollPolicy
property to ScrollPolicy.ON
so the vertical scroll bar will always be visible, regardless of the amount of content currently in the text area:
import fl.controls.TextArea; import fl.controls.ScrollPolicy; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.verticalScrollPolicy = ScrollPolicy.ON; myTextArea.text = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."; myTextArea.setSize(160, 120); myTextArea.move(10, 10); addChild(myTextArea);
verticalScrollPosition | property |
verticalScrollPosition:Number
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets the change in the position of the scroll bar thumb, in pixels, after the user scrolls the text field vertically. If this value is 1, the text field was not vertically scrolled.
The default value is 1.
Implementation
public function get verticalScrollPosition():Number
public function set verticalScrollPosition(value:Number):void
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Example ( How to use this example )
import fl.controls.ScrollPolicy; import fl.controls.Slider; import fl.controls.SliderDirection import fl.controls.TextArea; import fl.events.ScrollEvent; import fl.events.SliderEvent; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.horizontalScrollPolicy = ScrollPolicy.OFF; myTextArea.verticalScrollPolicy = ScrollPolicy.OFF; myTextArea.setSize(320, 240); myTextArea.move(10, 10); myTextArea.addEventListener(ScrollEvent.SCROLL, scrollHandler); addChild(myTextArea) var mySlider:Slider = new Slider(); mySlider.liveDragging = true; mySlider.snapInterval = 1; mySlider.tickInterval = 1; mySlider.width = myTextArea.width; mySlider.move(myTextArea.x, myTextArea.y + myTextArea.height + 10); var urlLdr:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); urlLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler); urlLdr.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT; urlLdr.load(new URLRequest("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/text/lorem.txt")); function completeHandler(event:Event):void { var txt:String = event.target.data as String; myTextArea.text = txt; myTextArea.drawNow(); mySlider.minimum = myTextArea.verticalScrollPosition; mySlider.maximum = myTextArea.maxVerticalScrollPosition; mySlider.addEventListener(SliderEvent.CHANGE, changeHandler); addChild(mySlider); } function scrollHandler(event:ScrollEvent):void { trace("scrolled:"); mySlider.value = event.position; } function changeHandler(event:SliderEvent):void { trace("changed:"); myTextArea.verticalScrollPosition = event.value; }
wordWrap | property |
wordWrap:Boolean
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the text
wraps at the end of the line. A value of true
indicates that the text wraps; a value of false
indicates that the text does not wrap.
The default value is true.
Implementation
public function get wordWrap():Boolean
public function set wordWrap(value:Boolean):void
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TextArea | () | Constructor |
public function TextArea()
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Creates a new TextArea component instance.
appendText | () | method |
public function appendText(text:String):void
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Appends the specified string after the last character that the TextArea
component contains. This method is more efficient than concatenating two strings
by using an addition assignment on a text property--for example,
myTextArea.text += moreText
. This method is particularly
useful when the TextArea component contains a significant amount of
content.
Parameters
text:String — The string to be appended to the existing text.
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drawFocus | () | method |
override public function drawFocus(draw:Boolean):void
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Shows or hides the focus indicator on this component.
The UIComponent class implements this method by creating and positioning
an instance of the class that is specified by the focusSkin
style.
Parameters
draw:Boolean — Indicates whether to show or hide the focus indicator.
If this value is true , the focus indicator is shown; if this value
is false , the focus indicator is hidden.
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getLineMetrics | () | method |
public function getLineMetrics(lineIndex:int):flash.text:TextLineMetrics
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Retrieves information about a specified line of text.
Parameters
lineIndex:int — The line number for which information is to be retrieved.
|
flash.text:TextLineMetrics |
getStyleDefinition | () | method |
public static function getStyleDefinition():Object
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Retrieves the default style map for the current component. The style map contains
the type that is appropriate for the component, depending on the style that
the component uses. For example, the disabledTextFormat
style
contains a value of null
or a TextFormat object.
You can use these styles and call setStyle()
on the current
component. The following code overrides the default disabledTextFormat
style on the specified component:
componentInstance.setStyle("disabledTextFormat", new TextFormat());
Object — Default styles object.
|
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Example ( How to use this example )
import fl.controls.*; import fl.containers.*; import fl.controls.listClasses.*; import fl.controls.dataGridClasses.*; import fl.controls.progressBarClasses.*; import fl.core.UIComponent; import fl.data.DataProvider; var dp:DataProvider = new DataProvider(); dp.addItem( { label: "BaseScrollPane", data:BaseScrollPane } ); dp.addItem( { label: "Button", data:Button } ); dp.addItem( { label: "CellRenderer", data:CellRenderer } ); dp.addItem( { label: "CheckBox", data:CheckBox } ); dp.addItem( { label: "ColorPicker", data:ColorPicker } ); dp.addItem( { label: "ComboBox", data:ComboBox } ); dp.addItem( { label: "DataGrid", data:DataGrid } ); dp.addItem( { label: "HeaderRenderer", data:HeaderRenderer } ); dp.addItem( { label: "ImageCell", data:ImageCell } ); dp.addItem( { label: "IndeterminateBar",data:IndeterminateBar } ); dp.addItem( { label: "Label", data:Label } ); dp.addItem( { label: "List", data:List } ); dp.addItem( { label: "NumericStepper", data:NumericStepper } ); dp.addItem( { label: "ProgressBar", data:ProgressBar } ); dp.addItem( { label: "RadioButton", data:RadioButton } ); dp.addItem( { label: "ScrollPane", data:ScrollPane } ); dp.addItem( { label: "Slider", data:Slider } ); dp.addItem( { label: "TextArea", data:TextArea } ); dp.addItem( { label: "TextInput", data:TextInput } ); dp.addItem( { label: "TileList", data:TileList } ); dp.addItem( { label: "UILoader", data:UILoader } ); dp.addItem( { label: "UIComponent", data:UIComponent } ); var cb:ComboBox = new ComboBox(); cb.move(10,10); cb.setSize(300,25); cb.prompt = "Select a component to view its styles"; cb.rowCount = 12; cb.dataProvider = dp; cb.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, showStyleDefinition); addChild(cb); var dg:DataGrid = new DataGrid(); dg.setSize(425,300); dg.move(10,50); dg.columns = [ new DataGridColumn("StyleName"), new DataGridColumn("DefaultValue") ]; addChild(dg); function showStyleDefinition(e:Event):void { var componentClass:Class = e.target.selectedItem.data as Class; var styles:Object = componentClass["getStyleDefinition"].call(this); trace(styles.toString()); var styleData:DataProvider = new DataProvider(); for(var i:* in styles) { trace(i + " : " + styles[i]); styleData.addItem( { StyleName:i, DefaultValue:styles[i] } ); } styleData.sortOn("StyleName"); dg.dataProvider = styleData; }
setSelection | () | method |
public function setSelection(setSelection:int, endIndex:int):void
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Sets the range of a selection made in a text area that has focus. The selection range begins at the index that is specified by the start parameter, and ends at the index that is specified by the end parameter. The selected text is treated as a zero-based string of characters in which the first selected character is located at index 0, the second character at index 1, and so on.
This method has no effect if the text field does not have focus.
Parameters
setSelection:int — The index location of the first character in the selection.
| |
endIndex:int — The index position of the last character in the selection.
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change | Event |
flash.events.Event
property Event.type =
flash.events.Event.CHANGE
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Dispatched when the text in the TextArea component changes.
TheEvent.CHANGE
constant defines the value of the type
property of a change
event object.
This event has the following properties:
Property | Value |
---|---|
bubbles | true |
cancelable | false ; there is no default behavior to cancel. |
currentTarget | The object that is actively processing the Event object with an event listener. |
target | The object that has had its value modified.
The target is not always the object in the display list
that registered the event listener. Use the currentTarget
property to access the object in the display list that is currently processing the event. |
enter | Event |
fl.events.ComponentEvent
property ComponentEvent.type =
fl.events.ComponentEvent.ENTER
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Dispatched when the user presses the Enter key while in the component.
Defines the value of thetype
property of an enter
event object.
This event has the following properties:
Property | Value |
---|---|
bubbles | false |
cancelable | false ; there is no default
behavior to cancel. |
currentTarget | The object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener. |
target | The object that dispatched the event. The target is
not always the object listening for the event. Use the currentTarget
property to access the object that is listening for the event. |
scroll | Event |
fl.events.ScrollEvent
property ScrollEvent.type =
fl.events.ScrollEvent.SCROLL
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Dispatched when the content is scrolled.
Defines the value of thetype
property of a scroll
event object.
This event has the following properties:
Property | Value |
---|---|
bubbles | false |
cancelable | false ; there is no default
behavior to cancel. |
currentTarget | The object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener. |
delta | 1 ; a value that indicates
how much scrolling was done.
|
direction | vertical ; the direction of the
ScrollBar. |
position | 0 ; the position of the
Scrollbar thumb after it was moved. |
target | The object that dispatched the event. The target is
not always the object listening for the event. Use the currentTarget
property to access the object that is listening for the event. |
Example ( How to use this example )
import fl.controls.ScrollBarDirection; import fl.controls.TextArea; import fl.events.ScrollEvent; var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea(); myTextArea.setSize(320, 240); myTextArea.move(10, 10); myTextArea.addEventListener(ScrollEvent.SCROLL, scrollHandler); addChild(myTextArea); var urlLdr:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); urlLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler); urlLdr.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT; urlLdr.load(new URLRequest("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/text/lorem.txt")); function completeHandler(event:Event):void { var txt:String = event.target.data as String; myTextArea.text = txt; } function scrollHandler(event:ScrollEvent):void { var myTA:TextArea = event.currentTarget as TextArea; var pos:Number = event.position; var maxPos:Number; if (event.direction == ScrollBarDirection.VERTICAL) { maxPos = myTA.maxVerticalScrollPosition; } else { maxPos = myTA.maxHorizontalScrollPosition; } trace("scroll: " + event.direction + " (" + pos.toFixed(2) + " of " + maxPos + ")"); }
textInput | Event |
flash.events.TextEvent
property TextEvent.type =
flash.events.TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT
Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0 |
Product Version: | Flash CS3 |
Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9.0.28.0, AIR 1.0 |
Dispatched when the user enters, deletes, or pastes text into the component.
Defines the value of thetype
property of a textInput
event object.
Note: This event is not dispatched for the Delete or Backspace keys.
This event has the following properties:
Property | Value |
---|---|
bubbles | true |
cancelable | true ; call the preventDefault() method
to cancel default behavior. |
currentTarget | The object that is actively processing the Event object with an event listener. |
target | The text field into which characters are being entered.
The target is not always the object in the display list
that registered the event listener. Use the currentTarget
property to access the object in the display list that is currently processing the event. |
text | The character or sequence of characters entered by the user. |
- Drag a TextArea component to the stage and name it
ta1
. - Drag a TextArea component to the stage and name it
ta2
. - Save this code as TextAreaExample.as in the same directory as your FLA.
- Set the DocumentClass in the FLA to TextAreaExample.
package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.Event; import flash.events.TextEvent; import flash.text.TextField; import fl.events.ComponentEvent; import fl.controls.TextArea; public class TextAreaExample extends Sprite { private var testString:String = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Vivamus quis nisl vel tortor nonummy vulputate. Quisque sit amet eros sed purus euismod tempor. Morbi tempor. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos. Curabitur diam. Suspendisse at purus in ipsum volutpat viverra. Nulla pellentesque libero id libero. Proin pretium suscipit lectus. Donec in sapien vel nulla egestas semper. Mauris massa. In aliquet sem ac libero. In eget orci. Sed feugiat. Vestibulum vel felis in lectus imperdiet scelerisque. Vestibulum vestibulum neque at est. Etiam purus quam, laoreet quis, accumsan sed, porttitor ut, erat. Proin volutpat. In facilisis dolor gravida felis. Curabitur nisi lacus, euismod non, pharetra et, mollis a, tellus. Donec lectus orci, viverra at, luctus ac, sodales id, quam. Phasellus faucibus lacus ut est. Curabitur id diam eu massa bibendum lobortis. Vivamus quis elit. Donec mi justo, dictum vitae, cursus sit amet, lacinia consectetuer, d ut, vulputate sed, molestie et, arcu. Nullam mi.'; private var testStringHTML:String = 'This is <font color="#FF0000">HTML text</font> in a <b>TextArea control</b>. Use the <u>htmlText property</u> of the <font color="#008800">TextArea control</font> to include basic HTML markup in your text.'; public function TextAreaExample() { ta1.text = testString; ta2.htmlText = testStringHTML; configureListeners(ta1); configureListeners(ta2); } private function configureListeners(ta:TextArea):void { ta.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT,announceEvent); ta.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE,announceEvent); ta.addEventListener(ComponentEvent.ENTER,announceEvent); ta.addEventListener(Event.SCROLL,announceEvent); } private function announceEvent(e:Event):void { trace(e.toString()); } } }
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