i remember doing this a few years ago, using — a loop (filling the textfield) and autoSize=true to determine if there was a line break (you could determine this in other ways) — and if _height > old_height in the loop, do — letterCurrentY += LINE_HEIGHT
then use getTextExtent() to get _x. i remember there was some margins and stuff inside the text field to take into account, but it worked. the problem is it can be hard to find out the constant LINE_HEIGHT. good luck, kalle On 1/2/06, Michael Bedar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To answer the original question - there is no direct way to do this, > although you can use the text-extent to get the x offset of the caret > fairly easily in a single line textfield. > > > On Jan 2, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Andreas Rønning wrote: > > > Is there a decent way of getting the _x / _y position of a caret in > > a text box? Somehow compare the x/y of the textfield with the caret > > index..? > > Have a hard time getting an exact value from this. > > > > - Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- inlovewith.com inlovewith ltd. kalle thyselius linnégatan 76, stockholm, sweden + 46 707 602 600 inlovewith you
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