User Guide

938 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

TextField._xscale

Availability

Flash Player 6.

Usage

my_txt._xscale:Number

Description

Property; determines the horizontal scale of the text field as applied from the registration point of

the text field, expressed as a percentage. The default registration point is (0,0).

Example

The following example scales the my_txt instance when you click the scaleUp_btn and

scaleDown_btn instances.

this.createTextField("my_txt", 99, 10, 40, 100, 22);

my_txt.autoSize = true;

my_txt.border = true;

my_txt.selectable = false;

my_txt.text = "Sample text goes here.";

scaleUp_btn.onRelease = function() {

my_txt._xscale *= 2;

my_txt._yscale *= 2;

}

scaleDown_btn.onRelease = function() {

my_txt._xscale /= 2;

my_txt._yscale /= 2;

}