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A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field is selectable. If the value is true, the text
is selectable. The selectable property controls whether a text field is selectable, not whether
a text field is editable. A dynamic text field can be selectable even if it is not editable. If a
dynamic text field is not selectable, you cannot select its text.
If selectable is set to false, the text in the text field does not respond to selection
commands from the mouse or keyboard, and the text cannot be copied using the Copy
command. If selectable is set to true, the text in the text field can be selected using the mouse
or keyboard. You can select text this way even if the text field is a dynamic text field instead of
an input text field. You can also copy the text using the Copy command.
Note: This property is not supported for Arabic, Hebrew, and Thai.
Example
The following example creates a selectable text field that constantly updates with the current
date and time.
this.createTextField("date_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 100,
22);
date_txt.autoSize = true;
date_txt.selectable = true;
( var date_interval:Number = setInterval(updateTime, 500, date_txt);
function updateTime(my_txt:TextField) {
my_txt.text = new Date().toString();
}
setNewTextFormat (TextField.setNewTextFormat
method)
public setNewTextFormat(tf:TextFormat) : Void
Sets the default new text format of a text field. The default new text format is the new text
format used for newly inserted text such as text entered by a user. When text is inserted, the
newly inserted text is assigned the default new text format.
The new default text format is specified by textFormat, which is a TextFormat object.
Parameters
tf:TextFormat - A TextFormat object.
Example
In the following example, a new text field (called my_txt) is created at runtime and several
properties are set. The format of the newly inserted text is applied.
640 ActionScript classes