flash.text.engine - Summary Adobe® Flex® 4 Language Reference (Flex 4)

The FTE provides low-level support for sophisticated control of text metrics, formatting, and bi-directional text. While it can be used to create and manage simple text elements, the FTE is primarily designed as a foundation for developers to create text-handling components.

Classes

	Class	Description
	BreakOpportunity	The BreakOpportunity class is an enumeration of constant values that you can use to set the breakOpportunity property of the ElementFormat class.
	CFFHinting	The CFFHinting class defines values for cff hinting in the FontDescription class.
	ContentElement	The ContentElement class serves as a base class for the element types that can appear in a GroupElement, namely a GraphicElement, another GroupElement, or a TextElement.
	DigitCase	The DigitCase class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the digitCase property of the ElementFormat class.
	DigitWidth	The DigitWidth class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the digitWidth property of the ElementFormat class.
	EastAsianJustifier	The EastAsianJustifier class has properties to control the justification options for text lines whose content is primarily East Asian text.
	ElementFormat	The ElementFormat class represents formatting information which can be applied to a ContentElement.
	FontDescription	The FontDescription class represents the information necessary to describe a font.
	FontLookup	The FontLookup class is an enumeration of constant values used with FontDescription.fontLookup.
	FontMetrics	The FontMetrics class contains measurement and offset information about a font.
	FontPosture	The FontPosture class is an enumeration of constant values used with FontDescription.fontPosture to set text to italic or normal.
	FontWeight	The FontWeight class is an enumeration of constant values used with FontDescription.fontWeight.
	GraphicElement	The GraphicElement class represents a graphic element in a TextBlock or GroupElement object.
	GroupElement	A GroupElement object groups a collection of TextElement, GraphicElement, or other GroupElement objects that you can assign as a unit to the content property of a TextBlock object.
	JustificationStyle	The JustificationStyle class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the justificationStyle property of the EastAsianJustifier class.
	Kerning	The Kerning class is an enumeration of constant values used with ElementFormat.kerning.
	LigatureLevel	The LigatureLevel class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the ligatureLevel property of the ElementFormat class.
	LineJustification	The LineJustification class is an enumeration of constant values used in setting the lineJustfication property of the TextJustifier subclasses.
	RenderingMode	The RenderingMode class provides values for rendering mode in the FontDescription class.
	SpaceJustifier	The SpaceJustifier class represents properties that control the justification options for text lines in a text block.
	TabAlignment	The TabAlignment class is an enumeration of constant values that you can use to set the tabAlignment property of the TabStop class.
	TabStop	The TabStop class represents the properties of a tab stop in a text block.
	TextBaseline	The TextBaseline class is an enumeration of constant values to use in setting the dominantBaseline and alignmentBaseline properties of the ElementFormat class.
	TextBlock	The TextBlock class is a factory for the creation of TextLine objects, which you can render by placing them on the display list.
	TextElement	The TextElement class represents a string of formatted text.
	TextJustifier	The TextJustifier class is an abstract base class for the justifier types that you can apply to a TextBlock, specifically the EastAsianJustifier and SpaceJustifier classes.
	TextLine	The TextLine class is used to display text on the display list.
	TextLineCreationResult	The TextLineCreationResult class is an enumeration of constant values used with TextBlock.textLineCreationResult.
	TextLineMirrorRegion	The TextLineMirrorRegion class represents a portion of a text line wherein events are mirrored to another event dispatcher.
	TextLineValidity	The TextLineValidity class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the validity property of the TextLine class.
	TextRotation	The TextRotation class is an enumeration of constant values used with the following properties: ElementFormat.textRotation, ContentElement.textRotation, TextBlock.lineRotation, and TextLine.getAtomTextRotation().
	TypographicCase	The TypographicCase class is an enumeration of constant values for setting the typographicCase property of the ElementFormat class.