User Guide

TextField.wordWrap 935
TextField.wordWrap
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
my_txt.wordWrap:Boolean
Description
Property; a Boolean value that indicates if the text field has word wrap. If the value of wordWrap is
true, the text field has word wrap; if the value is false, the text field does not have word wrap.
Example
The following example demonstrates how wordWrap affects long text in a text field that’s created
at runtime.
this.createTextField("my_txt", 99, 10, 10, 100, 200);
my_txt.text = "This is very long text that will certainly extend beyond the
width of this text field";
my_txt.border = true;
Test the SWF file in Flash Player by selecting Control > Test Movie. Then return to your
ActionScript and add the following line to the code and test the SWF file again:
my_txt.wordWrap = true;