no no, thats not the issue the issue is this
a b c is a certain textHeight, whether the cursor is on the a or the c, so if they hit that textHeight, then no matter whree they put the cursor, the textHeight is at the limit, so i prevent the default. if I delete the c, the textHeight is no longer at its limit, so I can edit anywhere I want. make sense? --- In [email protected], Laurent Cozic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't checked but I guess that the TextEvent.text property is empty if you are deleting text. If that's the case, then don't cancel the event. > > -- > Laurent Cozic > > Flash, Flex and Web Application development > http://pogopixels.com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: tchredeemed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 2:57:32 PM > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: TextArea - Limit the amount of text > > > Ok, that is definitely a step in the right direction. > > 1 problem: > > After they hit that max, it doesn't allow them to go back and change > old text that they already edited, because the textHeight has been > reached, so it prevents them from changing (essentially setting > enabled=false) . > > Any ideas? > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Laurent Cozic <pogopixels@ ...> wrote: > > > > You could do it by listening to the textInput event. When it's > triggered, check if the text height is above a certain limit (for > example the TextArea height - font height): if it is, cancel the event. > > > > The code below should work: > > > > > > textArea.addEventLi stener(TextEvent .TEXT_INPUT, textArea_textInput) ; > > > > protected function textArea_textInput( event:TextEvent) { > > if (textArea.textHeigh t > textArea.height - > textArea.getStyle( "fontSize" )) { > > event.preventDefaul t(); > > } > > } > > > > > > > > -- > > Laurent Cozic > > > > Flash, Flex and Web Application development > > http://pogopixels. com > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: tchredeemed <apthorp@ > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 2:27:55 PM > > Subject: [flexcoders] TextArea - Limit the amount of text > > > > > > I am creating a web-to-print Greeting Card Editor. > > > > I need to limit the amount of text someone can put in the editable > > field (obviously cannot print more than the printable area). > > > > I cant just do maxChars, because it can fit variable amount depending > > on the amount of i's and w's used, etc! > > > > any help is appreciated. > > >
