Settextformat (Textfield.settextformat Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

See also
getNewTextFormat (TextField.getNewTextFormat method)
(TextField.getTextFormat method)
method)

setTextFormat (TextField.setTextFormat method)

public setTextFormat([beginIndex:Number], [endIndex:Number],
textFormat:TextFormat) : Void
Applies the text formatting specified by the
in a text field.
textFormat
changes desired. Only the non-null properties of textFormat are applied to the text field. Any
property of
textFormat
of a newly created TextFormat object are set to
There are two types of formatting information in a TextFormat object: character level, and
paragraph level formatting. Each character in a text field might have its own character
formatting settings, such as font name, font size, bold, and italic.
For paragraphs, the first character of the paragraph is examined for the paragraph formatting
settings for the entire paragraph. Examples of paragraph formatting settings are left margin,
right margin, and indentation.
The
setTextFormat()
character, to a range of characters, or to the entire body of text in a text field. These usages are
shown in the following table:
Usage
my_textField.setTextFor
mat(textFormat:TextForm
at)
my_textField.setTextFor
mat(beginIndex:Number,
textFormat:TextFormat)
my_textField.setTextFor
mat(beginIndex:Number,
endIndex:Number,
textFormat:TextFormat)
1208 ActionScript classes
,
setTextFormat (TextField.setTextFormat
textFormat
must be a TextFormat object that specifies the text formatting
that is set to null will not be applied. By default, all of the properties
method changes the text formatting applied to an individual
Description
Applies the properties of
Applies the properties of
position.
beginIndex
Applies the properties of the
text from the
beginIndex
,
getTextFormat
parameter to some or all of the text
.
null
to all text in the text field.
textFormat
to the character at the
textFormat
parameter to the span of
textFormat
position to the
endIndex
position.