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654 ActionScript classes

false_txt.text = "This is much longer text";

};

// register the listener object with the Mouse object

Mouse.addListener(myMouseListener);

background (TextField.background property)

public background : Boolean

Specifies if the text field has a background fill. If true, the text field has a background fill. If

false, the text field has no background fill.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0

Example

The following example creates a text field with a background color that toggles on and off

when nearly any key on the keyboard is pressed.

this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 320,

240);

my_txt.border = true;

my_txt.text = "Lorum ipsum";

my_txt.backgroundColor = 0xFF0000;

var keyListener:Object = new Object();

keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {

my_txt.background = !my_txt.background;

};

Key.addListener(keyListener);

backgroundColor (TextField.backgroundColor

property)

public backgroundColor : Number

The color of the text field background. Default is 0xFFFFFF (white). This property may be

retrieved or set, even if there currently is no background, but the color is only visible if the text

field has a border.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0

Example

See the example for

TextField.background.