User Guide

914 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

TextField._rotation

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_txt._rotation:Number

Description

Property; the rotation of the text field, in degrees, from its original orientation. Values from

0 to 180 represent clockwise rotation; values from 0 to -180 represent counterclockwise rotation.

Values outside this range are added to or subtracted from 360 to obtain a value within the range.

For example, the statement

my_txt._rotation = 450 is the same as my_txt._rotation = 90.

Rotation values are not supported for text files that use device fonts. You must use embedded

fonts to use

_rotation with a text field.

Example

In this example, you need to create a dynamic text field called my_txt, and then use the following

ActionScript to embed fonts and rotate the text field. The reference to

my font refers to a Font

symbol in the library, with linkage set to

my font.

var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

my_fmt.font = "my font";

this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 160, 120);

my_txt.wordWrap = true;

my_txt.embedFonts = true;

my_txt.text = "Hello world";

my_txt.setTextFormat(my_fmt);

my_txt._rotation = 45;

Apply additional formatting for the text field using the TextFormat class.