Can you not just set those styles? <mx:TextArea enabled="false" disabledColor="0xFF0000" text="Some text" backgroundColor="0xC0C0C0"/>
Just use disabledColor instead of color in your css, mxml, or script. --- In [email protected], "jpc14_99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks. That does make the textArea unselectable but unfortunately > it also wipes out my background color and text color. For the life > of me I don't understand why Flex doesn't have a simple selectable > attribute included with textArea. > > > --- In [email protected], "Doug Lowder" <douglowder@> > wrote: > > > > Try this: > > > > <mx:TextArea enabled="false" disabledColor="0x333333" > > text="Some text" /> > > > > > > --- In [email protected], JClouz <jclouser@> wrote: > > > > > > I'm sorry to be a bother but this seems like it should be so easy > > but its driving me nuts. > > > > > > I want to get rid of selectability/i-beam mouseover cursor on a > > textArea field. > > > > > > With a Text component, you just set. myText.selectability = false. > > > > > > How do I do it for a textArea field? Can it be done? I want to > > use textArea instead of text because I need a background. > > > > > > Please help!!! > > > > > > Thanks so much. > > > > > > Jamie > > > MKCNSC, inc. > > > > > > -- 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/
