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ambiguousmouse
ambiguousmouse

Reputation: 2063

Actionscript TextFormat resets when changing TextField.text

I have a TextField that is formatted with bold and blue. However, when I change TextField.text, the formatting of the textfield resets and I have to setTextFormat again.

This is the code I use to set my TextField. myText is the variable for my TextField. (This is just part of my code; it is part of a function for my EventListener.)

yourName = body_txt.text;  
myText.text = "This is the new text";

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4628

Answers (3)

Marcel Ray
Marcel Ray

Reputation: 1690

Tyler's correct. More specifically:

myTextField.defaultTextFormat = myTextField.getTextFormat();
myTextField.text = "Sample text.";

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 4

Tyler Egeto
Tyler Egeto

Reputation: 5495

In AS3 you will want to use the defaultTextFormat property of TextField object's.

Upvotes: 13

St.Woland
St.Woland

Reputation: 5427

You should use setNewTextFormat instead, this will affect future changes.

Or, optionally (if you already have some text), apply new format to both properties:

var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
myTextField.text = "Chunky bacon" ;

var newFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
newFormat.color = 0xFF0000;
newFormat.size = 18;
newFormat.underline = true;
newFormat.italic = true;

myTextField.setTextFormat( newFormat ) ; // Applies to current value – "Chunky bacon"
myTextField.setNewTextFormat( newFormat ) ; // Applies to future changes - " Hello World"

myTextField.text += " Hello World" ;

Upvotes: 2

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