User Guide

Using the TextFormat class 225

Apply the TextFormat object to the text field you created in step 1 using

TextField.setTextFormat():

myText_txt.setTextFormat(txtfmt);

This version of setTextFormat() applies the specified formatting to the entire text field.

There are two other versions of this method that let you apply formatting to individual

characters or groups of characters. For example, the following code applies bold, italic, 24-

point formatting to the first three characters you entered in the text field:

myText_txt.setTextFormat(0, 3, txtfmt);

For more information, see TextField.setTextFormat() in Flash ActionScript Language

Reference.

Select Control > Test Movie to test the application.

For more information on using the TextFormat class, see the following topics:

• “Default properties of new text fields” on page 225

• “Getting text metric information” on page 226

Default properties of new text fields

Text fields created at runtime with

createTextField() receive a default TextFormat object with

the following properties:

font = "Times New Roman"

size = 12

textColor = 0x000000

bold = false

italic = false

underline = false

url = ""

target = ""

align = "left"

leftMargin = 0

rightMargin = 0

indent = 0

leading = 0

bullet = false

tabStops = [] (empty array)

Note: The default font property on the Mac OS X is Times.

For a complete list of TextFormat methods and their descriptions, see “TextFormat class” in Flash

ActionScript Language Reference.