Way back when (swf5 days), David Temkin asked to make it possible to do pixel-precision scrolling, which is why I think that got put in.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 7:30 PM, André Bargull <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Text has methods for: >> >> setScroll >> setHScroll >> setXScroll >> setYscroll >> >> Can anyone explain these to me? How many dimensions can the text be >> scrolled in? >> > > From the implementation for swf8 textsprites: > setScroll -> changes TextField#scroll > setHScroll -> changes TextField#hscroll > setXScroll -> changes the x-offset of the textfield, so TextField#_x > setYScroll -> changes the y-offset of the textfield and performs "advanced" > tricks, so TextField#_y + TextField#scroll > > But who needs all those different methods? > > --- > Madness? This is Sparta! > > -- Henry Minsky Software Architect [email protected]
