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3 Text Handling Methods – Input Text, Selecting Text, Returning text

thornyeternity — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:21:10 +0000

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

thornyeternity — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:10:21 +0000

oneFront.doubleClickEnabled = true; //must be enabled for it to work

oneFront.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, rotateCard);

thornyeternity — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:59:40 +0000

Drag and constrain code:

import flash.geom.*; //or more specifically require ‘Rectangle’

seekBarController_mc.seekBarArrow_mc.startDrag(false, new Rectangle( dragLeft, dragArrowY , dragRight, 0));

//left top right bottom

Beware – startDrag can break very easily in Flash, someone stated will if a text field is in the same container – and that happened to me as well!

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To replace releaseOutside – use stage of object dragged for stop event (Thanks to http://www.webdevils.com/):

drag_mc.stage.removeEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, release_drag);