.label is the actual textfield within a TextArea component (and TextInput component as well if I'm not mistaken). Since it has not been set as a private member, you can access it directly. Whether this was intended, one can only guess.. but looking at other class members I'd say they *forgot*.
regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:50 PM Subject: [Flashcoders] RE:txtNews.selectable = false NOT taking SOLVED. > > 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 _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders

