MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004-USING COMPONENTS Use Manual page 732

Events inherited from the UIComponent class
The following table lists the events the TextArea class inherits from the UIComponent class.
Event
UIComponent.focusIn
UIComponent.focusOut
UIComponent.keyDown
UIComponent.keyUp
TextArea.change
Availability
Flash Player 6 (6.0 79.0).
Edition
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
Usage 1:
on(change){
...
}
Usage 2:
listenerObject = new Object();
listenerObject.change = function(eventObject){
...
}
textAreaInstance.addEventListener("change", listenerObject)
Description
Event; notifies listeners that text has changed. This event is broadcast after the text has changed.
This event cannot be used to prevent certain characters from being added to the component's text
field; for this purpose, use
The first usage example uses an
instance. The keyword
component instance. For example, the following code, attached to the instance
sends "_level0.myTextArea" to the Output panel:
on(change){
trace(this);
}
732 Chapter 6: Components Dictionary
Description
Broadcast when an object receives focus.
Broadcast when an object loses focus.
Broadcast when a key is pressed.
Broadcast when a key is released.
TextArea.restrict
handler and must be attached directly to a TextArea
on()
, used inside an
this on()
.
handler attached to a component, refers to the
,
myTextArea