Does giving your TextArea the focus with setFocus() inside a callLater() scroll the selection into view? I have no direct experience with this in AS3, so take it for what it's worth...
Doug --- In [email protected], "Andrew Cacioppo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So is there no way to to scroll to an arbitrary location within a TextArea > in AS3/Flex 2? > > -andrew > > > On 2/22/06, Andrew Cacioppo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm programtically selecting text in a TextArea component by calling > > setSelection( startIndex, endIndex ), but often times, the selection is > > offscreen. > > > > Is there a way to get the TextArea to scroll so the selected text is part > > of the displayed area? > > > > I can get the text area to scroll to the end of the text by setting > > vPostion = maxVpostion, but I'm not sure of a way to calculate the vPostion > > of currently selected text. > > > > Searching the list, I've seen solutions for doing this with a List, but > > not TextArea. > > > > Thanks > > > > -andrew > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

