Text and Field Formatting - ActionScript 3 Snipplr Social Repository

Revision: 33050

at August 8, 2011 04:01 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;

var myTextField = new TextField();
myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.wordWrap = true;
myTextField.selectable = false;
myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
myTextField.antiAliasType = "advanced";
myTextField.width = 187;
myTextField.x = 256;
myTextField.y = 265;

myTextField.setTextFormat(format);  //OR
myTextField.defaultTextFormat = format;

myTextField.htmlText = "Whatever the text is thats going into the textfield";

myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF

addChild(myTextField);

Revision: 33049

at August 7, 2011 04:26 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);  //OR
myTextField.defaultTextFormat = format;

myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;
myTextField.multiline = true;

Revision: 33048

at August 7, 2011 04:22 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);


myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;
myTextField.multiline = true;

Revision: 33047

at August 7, 2011 04:15 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.CENTER;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);


myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = true;
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;
myTextField.multiline = true;

Revision: 33046

at August 7, 2011 04:11 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½leftÃƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;
format.url = Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã¯Â¿Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¯Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¿Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â½(empty string);


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);


myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = true;
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;
myTextField.multiline = true;

Revision: 33045

at October 9, 2010 06:29 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½leftÃƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;
format.url = Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½Ãƒï¿½Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½ÃƒÂ¯Ã‚Â¿Ã‚Â½(empty string);


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);


myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = true;
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;

Revision: 33044

at October 9, 2010 06:28 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = ÃƒÂ¢Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã¯Â¿Â½leftÃƒÂ¢Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã¯Â¿Â½;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;
format.url = ÃƒÂ¢Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã¯Â¿Â½ÃƒÂ¢Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã¯Â¿Â½(empty string);


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);


myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = true;
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;

Revision: 33043

at October 9, 2010 06:27 by heathbo

Updated Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = Ã¢ï¿½ï¿½leftÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;
format.url = Ã¢ï¿½ï¿½Ã¢ï¿½ï¿½(empty string);


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);


myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = true;
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;

Revision: 33042

at October 5, 2010 13:43 by heathbo

Initial Code

var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
format.bold = true;
format.italic = true;
format.underline = true;
format.font = "Arial";
format.size = 14;
format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
format.align = â€œleftâ€;
format.indent = 0;
format.kerning = false;
format.url = â€œâ€(empty string);


myTextField.setTextFormat(format);


myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.autoSize = true;
myTextField.border = true;
myTextField.borderColor = 0xFFFFFF
myTextField.wordWrap = true;

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myTextField.defaultTextFormat = format;  myTextField.setTextFormat(format); Both can be used.  The difference is, setTextFormat will only change the text currently in the text field.  Any new text inserted into the text field will revert back to its default.  defaultTextFormat changes the default which will change the format for the current text and all future text.

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Text and Field Formatting

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