Scott,
Apologies, apologies, apologies. I was not literal enough, I looked at what
you wrote and typed in:
txtNews.selectable = false;
and that did not work.
You protested, I took a second look - what's this ".label" thing? Tried
txtNews.label.selectable = false, it worked, thanks.
Can you would kindly explain, where does the ".label" come from? Before I
post a question on any list I try a lot of stuff, read docs, check
archives, etc. I did not see ".label". Are Macromedia's docs that flaky, or
does one really have to know how everything works before the docs make
sense? Or am I incredibly naive?
Regards - Miles Thompson
At 01:26 AM 11/3/2005, you wrote:
Wait, are you saying my solution didn't work? Because I tested it. It's fine.
Scott
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Glenn (or Dok?),
Yeah, may or may not be of use is correct.
Once enabled is set to false, selection of the text becomes impossible. It
can can still be scrolled, but of course it's turned light gray, and the
Page Up / Page Down keys no longer work.
Nevertheless, thanks for the suggestion. What I am wondering is if it's
possible to "dissect" the control, so the text portion could have its
selectable property set to false. Anyway, it's late and I'm going to bed.
Cheers - Miles
At 10:15 PM 11/2/2005, you wrote:
>Miles,
>
>Another stab, how about 'dis:
>
>txtNews.editable = false;
>txtNews.enabled = false;
>
>That may or may not be of use. Hope this helps...
>
>--
>Dok
>Skyymap Inc.
>
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>Thompson
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>
>Tried that, setting it on the stage, and setting it again in code.
>Could still select and copy.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>Miles
>
>At 05:02 PM 11/2/2005, you wrote:
> >Miles,
> >
> >If I understand things correctly, you're using a component TextArea, so
> >the '.selectable' property isn't supported by that component - that
> >would be for a standard text class (static or dynamic text fields). Try
> >using the .editable property on the TextArea component, I think that'll
> >accomplish what you desire...
> >
> >Hope this helps...
> >
> >The Doktor
> >Skyymap Inc.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miles
> >Thompson
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 3:48 PM
> >To: Flashcoders mailing list
> >Subject: [Flashcoders] txtNews.selectable = false NOT taking.
> >
> >Dear All,
> >
> >In my function AddStory, after assigning the content, this code, as I
> >understand it, should make it impossible to select text in the field.
> >
> > txtNews.selectable = false;
> > txtNews.selectable = false;
> > txtNews.redraw;
> >
> >The txtNews.selectable = false has been repeated twice in the desperate
> >hope that smacking it once to get its attention, then telling it again
> >what should be done might work. (It didn't, but years ago in a Visual
> >FoxPro app there was some property we had to assign twice to get it to
> >"stick".)
> >
> >On the stage, the editable property for this field is also set to false.
> >
> >The field was created by dragging the TextArea from the UI Components
> >section of the Components list. You know, the one with the built-in
> >scroll bar, responsive to mouse wheel, etc.
> >
> >Suggestions will be most welcome and enthusiastically tried.
> >
> >Regards - Miles Thompson
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