Thanks Gordon...that will save me lots of time.
Gordon Smith wrote:
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> Unfortunately, FP9 doesn't support setting the text selection color.
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> Gordon Smith
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> Adobe Flex SDK Team
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> *From:* [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Corey Bray *Sent:*
> Friday, July 11, 2008 2:37 PM *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] Flex Text Selection Problem...
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> Hey,
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> I'm new to the list and was hoping I could get a little help with a
> problem in flex that is driving me nuts.
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> Here's the problem - when you have a TextInput control whose
> background color is black and whose text is white, how do you change
> the color of the selected text so that it's distinguishable from text
> that is not selected? I have tried changing every color-related
> property I could find but was not able to change the color of the
> selection.
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application
> xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml
> <http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml>" layout="horizontal"
> backgroundColor="#000000"> <mx:Style> TextInput { color: #FFFFFF;
> background-color: #000000; backgroundAlpha: 0.0; dropShadowEnabled:
> false; borderThickness: 2; borderStyle: solid; font-size: 18; }
> </mx:Style>
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> <mx:TextInput text="Try and Select Me - where is the selection
> highlighting?" color="#FFFFFF"/>
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> </mx:Application>
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> Corey...
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