I would say your best bet is to make it initially a single-line textfield, listen for the onChanged handler and do some metrics on it (getTextExtent), if it passes a certain width, set autoSize and multiline. You could possibly also try listening for a Key event and ignore the one for ENTER. Not sure if that'll work 100% though.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john hoffsis Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2:55 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] disabling carriage returns in multiline input textfields Does anyone know if it's possible to restrict hard returns in text input fields (fields must wrap)? I have form fields to capture user input that I'm sending up to the server to be stored in a database. When I request this stored data from the server, anything after a hard return is lost. I've tried something like this: my_txt.restrict="^\u0013", and a bunch of variations thereof, but nothing seems to keep the Enter key from doing it's thing. Second best would be to traverse through a string a user has entered and replace hard returns with a space or dash, but again I've had no luck looking for \n or \r. I've tried entering text and hard returns into a dynamic textfield set to input, but when I try this: var n:Number = my_txt.indexOf("\n")... trace("n: "+n) //traces "n: -1" Anyone have any insight into this? Thanks, John _______________________________________________ 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@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
