Re: [Flashcoders] Check visible characters in textfield
Thanks for the fast reply! It works perfectly! Ellen Miguel Angel Sánchez wrote: You can check txt_tf.textWidth before and after adding a character to the textfield, if it doesn't change, the character is not embedded. Something like this: //Your textfield in stage with some characters embedded var tf:TextField; //The characters you want to test var chars:String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123"; for (var i:Number=0; i if (tf.textWidth==previousWidth) trace(chars.charAt(i) + " is not embedded"); } Ellen Sundh escribió: Hi! I wonder if there is a way to count characters visible in a textfield? I have a text where not all characters are embeded in the textfield and I want to check how many that are.. So it would be great if there was I way to check the length of the text in the textfield and not the original string. I use this code, but it returns the same number of characters even though the textfield displays less characters. latin1 = "ÀÁÂÃÄÅ.."; trace("latin1 " + latin1.length); txt_tf.text = latin1; trace("txt_tf.text " + txt_tf.text.length); Thanks in advance! Ellen ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- Ellen Sundh Flash Developer Great Works . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile: +46 73 200 40 73 Office: +46 8 528 077 73 Sveavägen 66 111 34 Stockholm /|_ ,' .\ ,--'_,' / / ( -. | | ) | (`-. '--.) `. )' Mjau.. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] Check visible characters in textfield
You can check txt_tf.textWidth before and after adding a character to the textfield, if it doesn't change, the character is not embedded. Something like this: //Your textfield in stage with some characters embedded var tf:TextField; //The characters you want to test var chars:String = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123"; for (var i:Number=0; i if (tf.textWidth==previousWidth) trace(chars.charAt(i) + " is not embedded"); } Ellen Sundh escribió: Hi! I wonder if there is a way to count characters visible in a textfield? I have a text where not all characters are embeded in the textfield and I want to check how many that are.. So it would be great if there was I way to check the length of the text in the textfield and not the original string. I use this code, but it returns the same number of characters even though the textfield displays less characters. latin1 = "ÀÁÂÃÄÅ.."; trace("latin1 " + latin1.length); txt_tf.text = latin1; trace("txt_tf.text " + txt_tf.text.length); Thanks in advance! Ellen ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
[Flashcoders] Check visible characters in textfield
Hi! I wonder if there is a way to count characters visible in a textfield? I have a text where not all characters are embeded in the textfield and I want to check how many that are.. So it would be great if there was I way to check the length of the text in the textfield and not the original string. I use this code, but it returns the same number of characters even though the textfield displays less characters. latin1 = "ÀÁÂÃÄÅ.."; trace("latin1 " + latin1.length); txt_tf.text = latin1; trace("txt_tf.text " + txt_tf.text.length); Thanks in advance! Ellen -- Ellen Sundh Flash Developer Great Works . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile: +46 73 200 40 73 Office: +46 8 528 077 73 Sveavägen 66 111 34 Stockholm /|_ ,' .\ ,--'_,' / / ( -. | | ) | (`-. '--.) `. )' Mjau.. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com