Yes it is, I would change the text on the CHANGE or TextInput event.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of miltoon71 Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Altering a textarea on certain keyboardevents... Hi Trying to insert some characters on every new row when the user hits enter... The following does not work: // Define a textarea: <mx:TextArea id="myTextArea"> // Add a keystroke listener myTextArea.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,keyHandler); // Handle keystrokes private function keyHandler(event:KeyboardEvent):void{ if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.ENTER){ this.myTextArea.text += "added text"; } } However, if you add a random alert message in the middle, it suddenly works: private function keyHandler(event:KeyboardEvent):void{ Alert.show("Dummy message"); if(event.keyCode == Keyboard.ENTER){ this.myTextArea.text += "added text"; } } Isn't this strange?
