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TextAttrs object
Last updated 5/2/2011
textAttrs.characterSpacing
Availability
Flash MX 2004. Deprecated in Flash 8 in favor of
textAttrs.letterSpacing .
Usage
textAttrs.characterSpacing
Description
Property; an integer that represents the space between characters. Acceptable values are -60 through 60.
This property applies only to static text; it generates a warning if used with other text types.
Example
The following example sets the character spacing of the selected text field to 10:
fl.getDocumentDOM().setElementTextAttr("characterSpacing", 10);
textAttrs.face
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
textAttrs.face
Description
Property; a string that represents the name of the font, such as
"Arial" .
Example
The following example sets the font of the selected text field from the character at index 2 up to, but not including, the
character at index 8 to
Arial :
fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].setTextAttr("face", "Arial", 2, 8);
textAttrs.fillColor
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
textAttrs.fillColor