Thanks, but - On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> wrote: > Have you tried setting the text color before the background color? > I think you were assigning your text to _label not _label.textField. > Is this what you wanted? > > Try > > var _label:Label = new Label(); > _label.textField.textColor = 0xFF0000; > _label.textField.background = true; > _label.textField.backgroundColor = 0x00FF00; > _label.textField.text = 'should be red'; > addChild(_label);
this is not working either. Yes, I've tried several things (changing order of setting text/color) and I'm aware of the TextFormat workaround, but still would like to get textColor working since I only need to change the color in my app. Regards Alex _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders