User Guide

730 Chapter 6: Components Dictionary
Property summary for the TextArea class
The following table lists properties of the TextArea class.
Properties inherited from the UIObject class
The following table lists the properties the TextArea class inherits from the UIObject class. When
accessing these properties from the TextArea object, use the form
TextAreaInstance.propertyName.
Property Description
TextArea.editable A Boolean value indicating whether the field is editable (true) or
not (
false).
TextArea.hPosition Defines the horizontal position of the text in the field.
TextArea.hScrollPolicy Indicates whether the horizontal scroll bar is always on ("on"), is
never on (
"off"), or turns on when needed ("auto").
TextArea.html A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field can be
formatted with HTML.
TextArea.length Read-only; the number of characters in the text field.
TextArea.maxChars The maximum number of characters that the text field can contain.
TextArea.maxHPosition Read-only; the maximum value of TextArea.hPosition.
TextArea.maxVPosition Read-only; the maximum value of TextArea.vPosition.
TextArea.password A Boolean value indicating whether the field is a password field
(
true) or not (false).
TextArea.restrict The set of characters that a user can enter in the text field.
TextArea.styleSheet Attaches a style sheet to the specified TextArea component.
TextArea.text The text contents of a TextArea component.
TextArea.vPosition A number indicating the vertical scrolling position.
TextArea.vScrollPolicy Indicates whether the vertical scroll bar is always on ("on"), is never
on (
"off"), or turns on when needed ("auto").
TextArea.wordWrap A Boolean value indicating whether the text wraps (true) or not
(
false).
Property Description
UIObject.bottom The position of the bottom edge of the object, relative to the
bottom edge of its parent. Read-only.
UIObject.height The height of the object, in pixels. Read-only.
UIObject.left The left edge of the object, in pixels. Read-only.
UIObject.right The position of the right edge of the object, relative to the right
edge of its parent. Read-only.
UIObject.scaleX A number indicating the scaling factor in the x direction of the
object, relative to its parent.