Textformat for input boxes
July 31st, 2007
I was having the following issue and I spent a lot of time figuring it out.
I had an Input Text and applied some formatting to it, using target.setTextFormat(format). But the format would only work if the textfield had some text in it.
I tried to “hack” around it and leave some text in it, then apply the textformat then remove the text. But when doing: target.text = “”; The formatting was also removed.
I’ve noticed that for “new text” that the user might input, you need to use: target.setNewTextFormat(format)
That worked like a charm, and all my input texts look like they’re supposed to.
I hope someone finds this useful.
Entry Filed under: Annoyances,Flash
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