TextField
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getNewTextFormat (TextField.getNewTextFormat
method)
public getNewTextFormat() : TextFormat
Returns a TextFormat object containing a copy of the text field's text format object. The text
format object is the format that newly inserted text, such as text entered by a user, receives.
When
getNewTextFormat()
is invoked, the TextFormat object returned has all of its
properties defined. No property is
null
.
Availability:
ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Returns
TextFormat
- A TextFormat object.
Example
The following example displays the specified text field's (
my_txt
) text format object.
this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 160,
120);
var my_fmt:TextFormat = my_txt.getNewTextFormat();
trace("TextFormat has the following properties:");
for (var prop in my_fmt) {
trace(prop+": "+my_fmt[prop]);
}
getTextFormat (TextField.getTextFormat method)
public getTextFormat([beginIndex:
Number
], [endIndex:
Number
]) : TextFormat
Returns a TextFormat object for a character, for a range of characters, or for an entire
TextField object.
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Usage 1:
my_textField.getTextFormat()
Returns a TextFormat object containing formatting information for all text in a text field.
Only properties that are common to all text in the text field are set in the resulting
TextFormat object. Any property which is
mixed
, meaning that it has different values at
different points in the text, has a value of
null.
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Usage 2:
my_textField.getTextFormat(beginIndex:Number)
Returns a TextFormat object containing a copy of the text field's text format at the
beginIndex
position.
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