[flexcoders] Re: Detaching RichTextArea controls

[alinmircea_s]

well, the rte is actually a panel +textarea + controlbar + toolbar

when clicking one of the buttons a function get's called 

PRIVATE function setTextStyles(type:String, value:Object = null):void
this function check's if there is a current selection on the textarea
if not set's the style if there is it set's the style only for the
selection

                var tf:TextFormat;

                var beginIndex:int = 
textArea.getTextField().selectionBeginIndex;
                var endIndex:int = textArea.getTextField().selectionEndIndex;

                if (beginIndex == endIndex)
                {
                        tf = previousTextFormat;
                }
                else    
                        tf = new TextFormat();

etc

                        
textArea.getTextField().setTextFormat(tf,beginIndex,endIndex);

                textArea.invalidateDisplayList();
                textArea.validateDisplayList();


so, extending this one would be a pain. I vote for make your own from
scratch just get the control bar and for the click events make your
own function that changes the textarea that has focus
I'm not saying this is the best approach(it's just what I would do).