The type of anti-aliasing used for this text field. Use flash.text.AntiAliasType constants for this property. You can control this setting only if the font is embedded (with the embedFonts property set to true). The default setting is flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED.

To set values for this property, use the following string values:

The default value is flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED.

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Controls automatic sizing and alignment of text fields.

Acceptable values for the TextFieldAutoSize constants:

The default value is TextFieldAutoSize.NONE.

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A Boolean value that specifies whether extra white space (spaces, line breaks, and so on) in a text field with HTML text should be removed. The condenseWhite property only work with html property set to true. If html property is set to false, condenseWhite is ignored.

If you set condenseWhite to true, you must use standard HTML commands such as <BR&ht; and <P&ht; to place line breaks in the text field.

The default value is true.

  import flash.text.TextField;
  import com.afcomponents.umap.styles.TextStyle;
   
  // create 2 text fields
  var tf1:TextField = createTextField(0, 0, 200, 50);
  var tf2:TextField = createTextField(0, 120, 200, 50);
   
  // create & apply text style
  var style:TextStyle = new TextStyle();
  style.html = true;
  style.condenseWhite = false;
  style.applyTo(tf1, "keep    on\n\ttruckin'");
  style.condenseWhite = true;
  style.applyTo(tf2, "keep    on\n\ttruckin'");
   
  function createTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField 
  {
   var result:TextField = new TextField();
   result.x = x;
   result.y = y;
   result.width = width;
   result.height = height;
   result.border = true;
   addChild(result);
   return result;
  }

Specifies whether to render by using embedded font outlines. If false, Flash Player renders the text field by using device fonts.

If you set the embedFonts property to true for a text field, you must specify a font for that text by using the font property of a TextFormat object applied to the text field. If the specified font is not embedded in the SWF file, the text is not displayed.

The default value is false.

  import flash.text.TextField;
  import com.afcomponents.umap.styles.TextStyle;
   
  // create 2 text fields
  var tf1:TextField = createTextField(0, 0, 200, 50);
  var tf2:TextField = createTextField(0, 120, 200, 50);
   
  // create & apply text style
  // don't forget to create a new font in your library based on "_sans" face
  var style:TextStyle = new TextStyle();
  style.textFormat.font = "_sans";
  style.textFormat.size = 14;
  style.applyTo(tf1, "(device fonts) sample text");
  style.embedFonts = true;
  style.applyTo(tf2, "(embedded fonts) sample text");
   
  function createTextField(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number):TextField 
  {
   var result:TextField = new TextField();
   result.x = x;
   result.y = y;
   result.width = width;
   result.height = height;
   result.border = true;
   addChild(result);
   return result;
  }

The type of grid fitting used for this text field. This property applies only if the flash.text.AntiAliasType property of the text field is set to flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED.

The type of grid fitting used determines whether Flash Player forces strong horizontal and vertical lines to fit to a pixel or subpixel grid, or not at all.

For the flash.text.GridFitType property, you can use the following string values:

The default value is GridFitType.PIXEL.

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Indicates whether to render text as HTML. For the list of supported tags please consult Flash CS3 Help system.

For convinience purposes, if html property is set to true the text passed to applyTo() method will be enclosed by tags.

The default value is false.

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  import flash.text.TextField;
  import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
  import com.afcomponents.umap.styles.TextStyle;
   
  // create text field
  var textField:TextField = new TextField();
  this.addChild(textField);
   
  // create & apply style
  var style:TextStyle = new TextStyle();
  style.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
  style.html = true;
   
  style.applyTo(textField, "this is HTML text");

Indicates whether the text field is a multiline text field. If the value is true, the text field is multiline; if the value is false, the text field is a single-line text field.

The default value is false.

A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field is selectable. The value true indicates that 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, the user 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 with the Copy command. If selectable is set to true, the text in the text field can be selected with the mouse or keyboard, and the text can be copied with the Copy command. You can select text this way even if the text field is a dynamic text field instead of an input text field.

The default value is false.

The sharpness of the glyph edges in this text field. This property applies only if the flash.text.AntiAliasType property of the text field is set to flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED. The range for sharpness is a number from -400 to 400. If you attempt to set sharpness to a value outside that range, Flash sets the property to the nearest value in the range (either -400 or 400).

The default value is false.

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Specifies a flash.text.StyleSheet object that will be applied to the text field if html property is set to true.

To define a style for all the text, please use "html" as the style name.

  import flash.text.TextField;
  import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
  import flash.text.StyleSheet;
  import com.afcomponents.umap.styles.TextStyle;
   
  // create text field
  var textField:TextField = new TextField();
  this.addChild(textField);
   
  // create a StyleSheet object
  var css:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet();
  css.setStyle("style1", {fontSize:16, fontFamily:"Arial", fontWeight:"bold"});
  css.setStyle("style2", {fontSize:14, fontFamily:"Courier", fontStyle:"italic"});
   
  // create & apply style
  var style:TextStyle = new TextStyle();
  style.multiline = true;
  style.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
  style.html = true;
  style.styleSheet = css;
   
  style.applyTo(textField, "This is HTML textwith a style sheet formating");

Specifies a flash.text.TextFormat object that will be applied to the text field if html property is set to false.

The default value is font: "_sans", size: 12.

  import flash.text.TextField;
  import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
  import flash.text.TextFormat;
  import com.afcomponents.umap.styles.TextStyle;
   
  // create text field
  var textField:TextField = new TextField();
  this.addChild(textField);
   
  // create a TextFormat object
  var format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
  format.bold = true;
  format.underline = true;
  format.size = 20;
   
  // create & apply style
  var style:TextStyle = new TextStyle();
  style.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
  style.textFormat = format;
   
  style.applyTo(textField, "This text is bold & underlined");

The thickness of the glyph edges in this text field. This property applies only when flash.text.AntiAliasType is set to flash.text.AntiAliasType.ADVANCED.

The range for thickness is a number from -200 to 200. If you attempt to set thickness to a value outside that range, the property is set to the nearest value in the range (either -200 or 200).

The default value is 0.

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A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field has word wrap. If the value of wordWrap is true, the text field has word wrap; if the value is false, the text field does not have word wrap. The default value is false.

The default value is false.

TextStyle contructor.

Creates new TextStyle object with the default parameters. Properties defined in param object will override the default values. Please use applyTo() method to set the text style for the specified TextField object.

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Applies current text style to a TextField object and sets it content if the text parameter is specified.