Worked around problem instead. Removed binding. Created a new instance of Text with new htmlText to replace the old instance.
According to the docs, it should be all right not to wrap LI tags in UL or OL. :\ Anyway, they don't seem to matter; the behavior is still observed whether or not the LI tags are wrapped. --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HTML support in TextField is known to have issues. I wouldn' t do > anything unexpected like having an <li> without enclosing <ul> or <ol>. > > > > -Alex > > > > For another angle, see: > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2008/01/html_and_flex_1.html > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of chrycheng > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Problem with LI Tags in HTML Text > > > > Not yet. Traced all the way to mx.core.UITextField with no > conclusions. Probably need to trace further up the class heirarchy > tree but flash.text.TextField isn't available. > > Experimented some more. Found out that: > > 1. Cannot work around the problem by first clearing htmlText (i.e., > "htmlText = null"). > > 2. Only the text is changed after the switch. (i.e., comparing > htmlText before and after the switch shows that the same tags and > attributes are wrapped around the text). > > Perhaps someone from the Flex team here can help? :P > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Stephen Roy J. Tang" > <roytang.sub@> wrote: > > > > Hmm...I encountered something similar a while back but couldn't solve > > it. Have you solved this yet? > > > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Christian Cheng" <chrycheng@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > Consider the ff. code: > > > > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> " > > layout="absolute"> > > > <mx:Script> > > > <![CDATA[ > > > [Bindable] > > > private var htmlText:String = "<li>A list item.</li>"; > > > ]]> > > > </mx:Script> > > > <mx:Canvas x="10" y="10" width="584" height="200" > > backgroundColor="#ffffff"> > > > <mx:Text x="10" y="10" width="564" height="85" > > htmlText="{htmlText}"/> > > > <mx:Text x="10" y="105" width="564" height="85" > > > htmlText="<li>Another list item.</li>" id="t"/> > > > </mx:Canvas> > > > <mx:Button x="10" y="218" label="Button" click="htmlText='<p>A > > > paragraph.</p>'; t.htmlText='<p>Another > > > paragraph.</p>'"/> > > > </mx:Application> > > > > > > Click on either list item displayed before clicking on the button. > > > Notice that the Text instance you clicked retains the bullet point > > > after its htmlText property has been changed. > > > > > > Searched for "li", "htmltext", "click", and/or "list item" in Yahoo! > > > Tech and in the Adobe Bug System but couldn't find any helpful posts > > > or reports. Anyone encountered (and hopefully solved this problem) > > > before? > > > > > > Attached are the MXML and SWF files for your convenience. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Chry > > > > > >
