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ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0 DEVELOPER’S GUIDE
Using the Text Layout Framework
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As the previous example shows, the content property can also insert a suffix: a string that appears after the marker,
but before the afterContent. To insert this string when providing XML content to the flow, wrap the string in
&quote; HTML entities rather than quotation marks ("").
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Using padding in TLF
Each FlowElement supports padding properties that you use to control the position of each element’s content area,
and the space between the content areas.
The total width of an element is the sum of its content’s width, plus the paddingLeft and paddingRight properties.
The total height of an element is the sum of its content’s height, plus the paddingTop and paddingBottom properties.
The padding is the space between the border and the content. The padding properties are paddingBottom,
paddingTop, paddingLeft, and paddingRight. Padding can be applied to the TextFlow object, as well as the
following child elements:
div
img
li
list
p
Padding properties cannot be applied to span elements.
The following example sets padding properties on the TextFlow:
Valid values for the padding properties are a number (in pixels), “auto”, or “inherit”. The default value is “auto”, which
means it is calculated automatically and set to 0, for all elements except the ListElement. For ListElements, “auto” is 0
except on the start side of the list where the value of the listAutoPadding property is used. The default value of
listAutoPadding is 40, which gives lists a default indent.
The padding properties do not, by default, inherit. The “auto” and “inherit” values are constants defined by the
FormatValue class.
Padding properties can be negative values.
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