User Guide

1098 Appendix: Deprecated Language Elements

scroll

Availability

Flash Player 4. This property was deprecated in favor of the scroll property of the TextField class.

Usage

textFieldVariableName.scroll = x

Description

Property; controls the display of information in a text field associated with a variable. The scroll

property defines where the text field begins displaying content; after you set it, Flash Player

updates it as the user scrolls through the text field. The

scroll property is useful for directing

users to a specific paragraph in a long passage or creating scrolling text fields. This property can be

retrieved and modified.

Example

The following code is attached to an Up button that scrolls the text field named myText:

on (release) {

myText.scroll = myText.scroll + 1;

}