> God knows why this is such a hassle:
>
> I have a chat app that sends messages when the user hits enter. The
> input field is multiline (and needs to be, for the sake of elegance).
>
> Hitting enter inserts a line break in the text regardless of what i do
> right now. The method reads something like this:
>
> function clearText() {
> chat_input.text = "";
> trace(chat_input.text.length);
> }
> kl = {};
> Key.addListener(kl);
> kl.onKeyDown = function() {
> if (Key.isDown(Key.ENTER)) {
> clearText();
> }
> };
>
> After clearText, The input field has 2 blank lines and a text length of
> 0. I'm hugely confused here, and kind of freaked out.
If it's got a text length of 0 maybe it doesn't actually have two blank
lines, it's just not reset its height to where it was before clearing the
text. Try storing its _width and _height and resetting those as part of your
clearText function.
Danny
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