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Indicates the left margin of the paragraph, in points.
leftMargin
rightMargin
An integer that indicates the indentation from the left margin to the first character in
indent
the paragraph.
A number that indicates the amount of leading vertical space between lines.
leading
Returns
A reference to a TextFormat object.
Description
Constructor; creates a TextFormat object with the specified properties. You can then change the
properties of the TextFormat object to change the formatting of text fields.
Any parameter may be set to
optional; any omitted parameters are treated as
Example
The following example creates a TextFormat object, formats the
a new text field to display the text in:
// Define a TextFormat which is used to format the stats_txt text field.
var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
my_fmt.bold = true;
my_fmt.font = "Arial";
my_fmt.size = 12;
my_fmt.color = 0xFF0000;
// Create a text field to display the player's statistics.
this.createTextField("stats_txt", 5000, 10, 0, 530, 22);
// Apply the TextFormat to the text field.
stats_txt.setNewTextFormat(my_fmt);
stats_txt.selectable = false;
stats_txt.text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...";
TextFormat.align
Availability
Flash Player 6.
Usage
my_fmt.align:String
Description
Property; indicates the alignment of the paragraph, represented as a string. The alignment of the
paragraph, represented as a string. If
paragraph is centered. If
indicates that the property is undefined.
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Indicates the right margin of the paragraph, in points.
to indicate that it is not defined. All of the parameters are
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"left"
, the paragraph is right-aligned. The default value is
"right"
.
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stats_txt
, the paragraph is left-aligned. If
text field, and creates
, the
"center"
which
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