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AS3 Format the Text of a TextArea Component

/ Published in: ActionScript 3

To style the text in a TextArea component, create a TextFormat object and pass it to the TextArea's setStyle method.

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import flash.text.TextFormat;
import fl.controls.TextArea;
import fl.managers.StyleManager;
 
var myTextArea:TextArea = new TextArea();
myTextArea.setSize(200, 100);
myTextArea.text = "Hello World";
 
var myTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.font = "Arial";
myTextFormat.size = 18;
myTextFormat.bold = true;
myTextFormat.italic = true;
myTextFormat.underline = true;
myTextArea.setStyle("textFormat", myTextFormat);
 
myTextArea.x = 30;
myTextArea.y = 30;
addChild(myTextArea);
 
// To set ALL TextAreas to this style use ...
// StyleManager.setComponentStyle(TextArea, "textFormat", myTextFormat);