User Guide

TextField.setTextFormat() 749

Description

Method; sets the default new text format of a text field; that is, the text format to be used for

newly inserted text, such as text inserted with the

replaceSel() method or text entered by a

user. When text is inserted, the newly inserted text is assigned the default new text format.

The new default text format is specified by

textFormat, which is a TextFormat object.

Example

In the following example, a new text field (called my_txt) is created at runtime and several

properties are set. The format of the newly inserted text is applied.

var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

my_fmt.bold = true;

my_fmt.font = "Arial";

my_fmt.color = 0xFF9900;

this.createTextField("my_txt", 999, 0, 0, 400, 300);

my_txt.wordWrap = true;

my_txt.multiline = true;

my_txt.border = true;

my_txt.type = "input";

my_txt.setNewTextFormat(my_fmt);

my_txt.text = "Oranges are a good source of vitamin C";