> Consider using XPath, as in this example: > > http://www.majordan.net/test/flashlinks/
Geez that's a shload of class files in that Zip file! [grin] I'm going to explore XPath a little more when I free up some time. I really appreciate everyone's willingness to help me out. Let me outline what I ended up doing. I'm still refining things for efficiency and re-purposability, but... 1. Tokenize the text field htmlText, creating an array whose elements are either complete tags, or the extracted content that falls between (or before or after) them. Obs: There is obviously quite a bit to this that I left out for brevity. 2. Capture the hyperlink click location in the text field using Selection.getCaretIndex(). Obs: The "selectable" property of the text field must already be set to "true" at click time. 3. Cycle through the token array, concatenating non mark-up elements to a string, whose length is compared (each time) to the caret position. 4. When the string length exceeds/equals the caret position, I have my hyperlink content. This presumes a couple of things about the HTML, and there are a few things I also had to do in order to guarantee the correct text (necessary to compensate for quirks in the Flash TextField hyperlink mechanism), but that sums it up. Thanks again. - pixelTwiddler, a.k.a. Jason _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
