Re: [Flashcoders] Q:input textfield woes setting maximum lines

2007-03-12 Thread Sam Thorne
That's generally how I deal with text fields that have to be centered with localisable text. Attach a dummy textfield, enter the text, see how big it is then apply the positioning information to the real field and remove the dummy one. Adding/removing a field and getting the values out within 3 l

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:input textfield woes setting maximum lines

2007-03-11 Thread Latcho
anoyher fix might be overlaying the displaying field, you don't want to have overflowed "your max lines" with an input field that has _alpha 100, and has an embed font. Use the later as input, ans if maxscroll < 2 after onKeyup, feed it to the underlaying visible textfield. Otherwise ,restore it

Re: [Flashcoders] Q:input textfield woes setting maximum lines

2007-03-10 Thread Latcho
Not the nicest way, and not working with pasted text, a line WILL disappear, but restured onkeyup... never say NEVER ;) var txtfield_mc = myTxtField_mc; var bufferText:String; var KP = {}; bufferText = txtfield_mc.text; Key.addListener(KP); KP.onKeyDown = function() { txtfield_mc.scroll = 0;

[Flashcoders] Q:input textfield woes setting maximum lines

2007-03-09 Thread moveup
Hi I have input text fields in some 'speech bubbles' for an application I am building I can set the maximum number of characters, but what I really need is to be able to set the maximum number of lines so that hitting return NEVER causes text to disappear. So far , not the best solution has be