Here's an even simpler solution ... create a MyTextArea component that extends TextArea, capture the keyFocusChange event to block it and insert a tab.
MyTextArea.mxml -------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:TextArea xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";> <mx:keyFocusChange> event.preventDefault(); this.textField.replaceSelectedText("\t"); </mx:keyFocusChange> </mx:TextArea> Then use it as so: <local:MyTextArea restrict="0-9A-Z\-" width="400" height="400"/> --- In [email protected], "Warren" <warrenony...@...> wrote: > > I have a Flex 3 textarea with restrict = "A-Z0-9\-". I want to let users > enter a tab cahracter but I can't figure out how to change the restrict > property to allow it. > > I know it's right in front of me but I can't see it. > > Thanks! > > Warren Koch >
