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text.selectionStart
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.selectionStart
Description
Property; a zero-based integer that specifies the beginning of a text subselection. You can use
this property with
text.selectionEnd
not including,
text.selectionEnd
If there is an insertion point or no selection,
text.selectionStart
If
text.selectionStart
text.selectionEnd
Example
The following example sets the start of the text subselection to the sixth character:
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].selection
Start = 5;
The following example selects the characters "Barbara" from a text field that contains the text
"My name is Barbara" and formats them as bold and green:
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].selectionStart = 11;
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].selectionEnd = 18;
var s = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].selectionStart;
var e = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].selectionEnd;
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementTextAttr('bold', true, s, e);
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementTextAttr("fillColor", "#00ff00", s, e);
text.setTextAttr()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
text.setTextAttr(attrName, attrValue [, startIndex [, endIndex]])
to select a range of characters. Characters up to, but
are selected. See
.
is set to a value greater than
is set to
text.selectionStart
text.selectionEnd
text.selectionEnd
text.selectionEnd
, and no text is selected.
.
is equal to
,
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