To make text not clickable - as it may interfere with a sprite being clickable:
textFiledCreatorName.mouseEnabled = false;
Fine if this text field is nested in the same sprite.
But put the text into another sprite overlapping the one below that has the eventListener - and it still blocks it.
Solution:
otherOverlappingSprite.mouseEnabled = false; //on the overlapping sprite AS WELL AS the text field.
Imports:
import fl.controls.*;//text area component
import flash.net.*;
import flash.text.*;
Load html text into TextArea component:
private function loadCaseOverviewText():void {
var urlLdr:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
urlLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeTextLoadHandler);
urlLdr.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;
urlLdr.load(new URLRequest(”text_assets/advertising_overview.html”));
}//loadCaseOverviewText
private function completeTextLoadHandler(event:Event):void {
var str:String = event.target.data as String;
textAreaCMP.htmlText = str;
}//completeTextLoadHandler
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Position scrollbar back at top of TextArea component when new content is loaded or a new section is navigated to using:
textAreaCMP.verticalScrollPosition = 1;
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Set padding in TextArea component:
textAreaCMP.setStyle(”textPadding” , 10);
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Disable carat (bar) cursor from showing when rolling over textArea component:
textAreaCMP.drawFocus (false);
private function addTextCaption():void{
if(textCaption != null){
removeChild(textCaption);
}//remove if it exists
textCaption = new TextField();
var font:Verdana = new Verdana(); //linkage name in library
var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); //should have separate formatting function
format.font = font.fontName;
format.color = textColorVar;
format.size = infoFontSize;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT;
textCaption.x = thumbnailWidth + textBorder;
textCaption.y = imageHeight + headingHeight;
textCaption.width = stage.stageWidth - thumbnailWidth;
textCaption.height = 200; //don’t need height if autosize single or multiline text
textCaption.multiline = true;
textCaption.wordWrap = true;//must be set else cuts off
//textCaption.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
textCaption.antiAliasType = flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
textCaption.selectable = false;
textCaption.embedFonts = true;
addChild(textCaption);
textCaption.defaultTextFormat = format;
textCaption.text = imageCaptionArray[tempCounter];
}//addTextCaption
NOTES:
To autosize height do not specify a height but must include autosize:
textCaption.wordWrap = true;
textCaption.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
textCaption.x = textBoxXPos;
textCaption.y = textBoxYPos;
textCaption.width = stageWide - textBoxXPos;
//textCaption.height = stageHigh - textBoxYPos;//not allowed with autoSize
For width autosize leave out width obviously.
var inputAddressTextField:TextField = new TextField();
genericTextField(inputAddressTextField, 50 , 4, 200 , 20 , true, 0xcc0000 , true, 0xcc99ff , true , 0xffffff);
//obj,x,y,width,height,bg,bgColor,border,borderColor,selectable,textColor
//NOTE: just use 0 (zero) for bg and border color if false, and for sizes if autosizing
inputAddressTextField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT; //any specifics
header.addChild(inputAddressTextField);
formatTextStyle(inputAddressTextField , 14)
private function genericTextField(whichField:TextField , xpos:Number, ypos:Number , fieldWidth:Number , fieldHeight:Number , bgBool:Boolean, bgColor:uint , borderBool:Boolean , borderColor:uint , selectableBool:Boolean , txtColor:uint){
whichField.x = xpos
whichField.y = ypos;
whichField.width = fieldWidth;
whichField.height = fieldHeight;
whichField.background = bgBool;
whichField.backgroundColor = bgColor;
whichField.border = borderBool;
whichField.borderColor = borderColor;
whichField.selectable = selectableBool;
whichField.textColor = txtColor;
}//genericTextField
private function formatTextStyle(whichField:TextField , txtSize:Number):void{ //Set the stylesheet property before setting the content.
var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat(); //should have separate formatting function
format.size = txtSize;
format.font = “_sans”;
format.align = TextFormatAlign.LEFT;
whichField.defaultTextFormat = format;
}//addStyleSheet
Create input text field:
currField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
currField.selectable = true; //must be true to be inputtable
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Select text when the field is clicked on:
currField.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, highlightText);
private function highlightText(event:MouseEvent):void{
event.target.setSelection(0, event.target.length); //start point, end point
}
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Return string value from function call:
currField.text = scoreLabel();
private function scoreLabel():String{
var scoreString:String = “Your score: ” + scoreGot + “/” + questionTotal;
return scoreString;
}//scoreLabel
Check for a valid email address in a text input field by checking for @, fullstop and positioning of these:
private function checkEmail(whichObj:String):Boolean{
//check for @
//check for .
//check @ preceeds last dot
//check that @ is not first
//email cannot have any spaces
if(whichObj.indexOf(”@”) == -1 || whichObj.indexOf(”@”) == 0){ //not present or first
emailBool = false;
}else{
emailBool = true;//if @ exists check for dot
if(whichObj.lastIndexOf(”.”) == -1 || whichObj.lastIndexOf(”.”) == whichObj.length-1){ //not present or at very end
emailBool = false;
}else{
emailBool = true;//if both are true check @ preceeds dot
if(whichObj.lastIndexOf(”.”) < whichObj.indexOf(”@”) || whichObj.lastIndexOf(”.”) == whichObj.indexOf(”@”)+1 ){//not before and not directly after
emailBool = false;
}else{
emailBool = true;
//lastly check it has NO spaces in it
for(var i:Number = 0 ; i < whichObj.length ; i++){
if(whichObj.charAt(i) == ” “){ //if the character is a space
emailBool = false;
}
}
}
}
}
trace(”emailBool: ” + emailBool);
return emailBool;
}//checkEmail
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Check a text input field is filled in and it has NO spaces:
private function doFormCheck(event:MouseEvent):void{
checkName(form1_mc.name_txt.text);
trace(stringBool);
}//doFormCheck
private function checkName(whichObj:String):Boolean{
//check that its not empty only AND that its not just spaces
if(whichObj != “”){
//not empty so
stringBool = true;
for(var i:Number = 0 ; i < whichObj.length ; i++){
if(whichObj.charAt(i) != ” “){ //if the character is not a space
stringBool = true;
return stringBool;//quit checking
}else{//else it is a space
stringBool = false;
return stringBool;
}
}//for
return stringBool;
}else{
stringBool = false; //else it is empty
return stringBool;
}//if
}//checkName
private function setInitialContentForCaseStudy():void{
more_mc.solution_txt.text = “”;//clear to start
solutionString = solutionsArray[0];
animationCounter = 0;
animationTimer = new Timer(100, 0);
animationTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, animateContent);
animationTimer.start();
}//setInitialContentForCaseStudy
private function animateContent(event:TimerEvent):void{
more_mc.solution_txt.appendText(solutionString.charAt(animationCounter));
animationCounter++;
if(animationCounter == solutionString.length){
animationTimer.stop();
}//if
}//animateContent
Beware of other stuff happening at same time or too much text - can be slow!
oneFront.doubleClickEnabled = true; //must be enabled for it to work
oneFront.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, rotateCard);
Put the the following (bolded) into each xml node requiring html tags in it:
<xmlNode><![CDATA[ Here is my <br/> html text ]]></xmlNode>
Now reads as one tag without needing to do things like <b> to create a B tag.
Thanks to Snowcat at FlashXML.net
Class and how to instatiate - useful for liquid layouts:
package {
import flash.display.*
import flash.events.*;
public class StageListeners extends Sprite {
private var _mc:Sprite;
private var mcStage:Stage;
public function StageListeners(_mc:Sprite){
this._mc = _mc;
mcStage = _mc.stage;
addStageListener();
}//StageListeners
public function addStageListener() {
mcStage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
mcStage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
mcStage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler);
}//addStageListener
private function resizeHandler(event:Event):void {
trace(”stageWidth: “+mcStage.stageWidth);
trace(”stageHeight: “+mcStage.stageHeight);
//aligned center
_mc.x = mcStage.stageWidth/2;
_mc.y = mcStage.stageHeight/2;
//or if aligned left
_mc.x = 0;
_mc.width = mcStage.stageWidth;
var scaleAmountX:Number = _mc.scaleX;
_mc.scaleY = scaleAmountX; //keep proportional
}//resizeHandler
}//class
}//package
//////////////////////instantiate with:
var bgStageListener:StageListeners = new StageListeners(resizeBg);
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