TextLayoutFormat: Specifies the baseline to which the dominant baseline aligns. For example, if you set dominantBaseline to ASCENT, setting alignmentBaseline to DESCENT aligns the top of the text with the DESCENT baseline, or below the line. The largest element in the line generally determines the baselines.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.ROMAN, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.ASCENT, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.DESCENT, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_TOP, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_CENTER, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_BOTTOM, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.USE_DOMINANT_BASELINE, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of USE_DOMINANT_BASELINE.

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TextLayoutFormat: Alpha (transparency) value for the background (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). A value of 0 is fully transparent, and a value of 1 is fully opaque. Display objects with alpha set to 0 are active, even though they are invisible.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of 1.

TextLayoutFormat: Background color of the text (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Can be either the constant value BackgroundColor.TRANSPARENT, or a hexadecimal value that specifies the three 8-bit RGB (red, green, blue) values; for example, 0xFF0000 is red and 0x00FF00 is green.

Legal values as a string are flashx.textLayout.formats.BackgroundColor.TRANSPARENT, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT and uints from 0x0 to 0xffffffff.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of TRANSPARENT.

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TextLayoutFormat: Amount to shift the baseline from the dominantBaseline value. Units are in pixels, or a percentage of fontSize (in which case, enter a string value, like 140%). Positive values shift the line up for horizontal text (right for vertical) and negative values shift it down for horizontal (left for vertical).

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.BaselineShift.SUPERSCRIPT, flashx.textLayout.formats.BaselineShift.SUBSCRIPT, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Legal values as a number are from -1000 to 1000.

Legal values as a percent are numbers from -1000 to 1000.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.0.

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TextLayoutFormat: Specifies a vertical or horizontal progression of line placement. Lines are either placed top-to-bottom (BlockProgression.TB, used for horizontal text) or right-to-left (BlockProgression.RL, used for vertical text).

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.BlockProgression.RL, flashx.textLayout.formats.BlockProgression.TB, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of TB.

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TextLayoutFormat: Controls where lines are allowed to break when breaking wrapping text into multiple lines. Set to BreakOpportunity.AUTO to break text normally. Set to BreakOpportunity.NONE to not break the text unless the text would overrun the measure and there are no other places to break the line. Set to BreakOpportunity.ANY to allow the line to break anywhere, rather than just between words. Set to BreakOpportunity.ALL to have each typographic cluster put on a separate line (useful for text on a path).

Legal values are flash.text.engine.BreakOpportunity.ALL, flash.text.engine.BreakOpportunity.ANY, flash.text.engine.BreakOpportunity.AUTO, flash.text.engine.BreakOpportunity.NONE, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: The type of CFF hinting used for this text. CFF hinting determines whether the Flash runtime forces strong horizontal stems to fit to a sub pixel grid or not. This property applies only if the renderingMode property is set to RenderingMode.CFF, and the font is embedded (fontLookup property is set to FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF). At small screen sizes, hinting produces a clear, legible text for human readers.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.CFFHinting.NONE, flash.text.engine.CFFHinting.HORIZONTAL_STEM, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of HORIZONTAL_STEM.

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TextLayoutFormat: Color of the text. A hexadecimal number that specifies three 8-bit RGB (red, green, blue) values; for example, 0xFF0000 is red and 0x00FF00 is green.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: Number of text columns (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). The column number overrides the other column settings. Value is an integer, or FormatValue.AUTO if unspecified. If columnCount is not specified,columnWidth is used to create as many columns as can fit in the container.

Legal values as a string are flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT and from ints from 1 to 50.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: Specifies the amount of gutter space, in pixels, to leave between the columns (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Value is a Number

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of 20.

TextLayoutFormat: Column width in pixels (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). If you specify the width of the columns, but not the count, TextLayout will create as many columns of that width as possible, given the container width and columnGap settings. Any remainder space is left after the last column. Value is a Number.

Legal values as a string are flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT and numbers from 0 to 8000.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of AUTO.

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Returns the computed format attributes that are in effect for this element. Takes into account the inheritance of attributes from parent elements.

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Returns the core styles on a FlowElement instance. Returns a copy of the core styles.

TextLayoutFormat: The type of digit case used for this text. Setting the value to DigitCase.OLD_STYLE approximates lowercase letterforms with varying ascenders and descenders. The figures are proportionally spaced. This style is only available in selected typefaces, most commonly in a supplemental or expert font. The DigitCase.LINING setting has all-cap height and is typically monospaced to line up in charts.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.DigitCase.DEFAULT, flash.text.engine.DigitCase.LINING, flash.text.engine.DigitCase.OLD_STYLE, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of DEFAULT.

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TextLayoutFormat: Type of digit width used for this text. This can be DigitWidth.PROPORTIONAL, which looks best for individual numbers, or DigitWidth.TABULAR, which works best for numbers in tables, charts, and vertical rows.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.DigitWidth.DEFAULT, flash.text.engine.DigitWidth.PROPORTIONAL, flash.text.engine.DigitWidth.TABULAR, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of DEFAULT.

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TextLayoutFormat: Specifies the default bidirectional embedding level of the text in the text block. Left-to-right reading order, as in Latin-style scripts, or right-to-left reading order, as in Arabic or Hebrew. This property also affects column direction when it is applied at the container level. Columns can be either left-to-right or right-to-left, just like text. Below are some examples:

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.Direction.LTR, flashx.textLayout.formats.Direction.RTL, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of LTR.

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TextLayoutFormat: Specifies which element baseline snaps to the alignmentBaseline to determine the vertical position of the element on the line. A value of TextBaseline.AUTO selects the dominant baseline based on the locale property of the parent paragraph. For Japanese and Chinese, the selected baseline value is TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_CENTER; for all others it is TextBaseline.ROMAN. These baseline choices are determined by the choice of font and the font size.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.ROMAN, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.ASCENT, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.DESCENT, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_TOP, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_CENTER, flash.text.engine.TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_BOTTOM, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: Specifies the baseline position of the first line in the container. Which baseline this property refers to depends on the container-level locale. For Japanese and Chinese, it is TextBaseline.IDEOGRAPHIC_BOTTOM; for all others it is TextBaseline.ROMAN. The offset from the top inset (or right inset if blockProgression is RL) of the container to the baseline of the first line can be either BaselineOffset.ASCENT, meaning equal to the ascent of the line, BaselineOffset.LINE_HEIGHT, meaning equal to the height of that first line, or any fixed-value number to specify an absolute distance. BaselineOffset.AUTO aligns the ascent of the line with the container top inset.

Legal values as a string are flashx.textLayout.formats.BaselineOffset.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.BaselineOffset.ASCENT, flashx.textLayout.formats.BaselineOffset.LINE_HEIGHT, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT and numbers from 0 to 1000.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: The name of the font to use, or a comma-separated list of font names. The Flash runtime renders the element with the first available font in the list. For example Arial, Helvetica, _sans causes the player to search for Arial, then Helvetica if Arial is not found, then _sans if neither is found.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of Arial.

TextLayoutFormat: Font lookup to use. Specifying FontLookup.DEVICE uses the fonts installed on the system that is running the SWF file. Device fonts result in a smaller movie size, but text is not always rendered the same across different systems and platforms. Specifying FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF uses font outlines embedded in the published SWF file. Embedded fonts increase the size of the SWF file (sometimes dramatically), but text is consistently displayed in the chosen font.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.FontLookup.DEVICE, flash.text.engine.FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of DEVICE.

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TextLayoutFormat: The size of the text in pixels.

Legal values are numbers from 1 to 720 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 12.

TextLayoutFormat: Style of text. May be FontPosture.NORMAL, for use in plain text, or FontPosture.ITALIC for italic. This property applies only to device fonts (fontLookup property is set to flash.text.engine.FontLookup.DEVICE).

Legal values are flash.text.engine.FontPosture.NORMAL, flash.text.engine.FontPosture.ITALIC, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of NORMAL.

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TextLayoutFormat: Weight of text. May be FontWeight.NORMAL for use in plain text, or FontWeight.BOLD. Applies only to device fonts (fontLookup property is set to flash.text.engine.FontLookup.DEVICE).

Legal values are flash.text.engine.FontWeight.NORMAL, flash.text.engine.FontWeight.BOLD, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of NORMAL.

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TextLayoutFormat properties applied directly to this element.

Each element may have properties applied to it as part of its format. Properties applied to this element override properties inherited from the parent. Properties applied to this element will in turn be inherited by element's children if they are not overridden on the child. If no properties are applied to the element, this will be null.

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Assigns an identifying name to the element, making it possible to set a style for the element by referencing the id. For example, the following line sets the color for a SpanElement object that has an id of span1:

         textFlow.getElementByID("span1").setStyle("color", 0xFF0000);
         

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TextLayoutFormat: Rule used to justify text in a paragraph. Default value is FormatValue.AUTO, which justifies text based on the paragraph's locale property. For all languages except Japanese and Chinese, FormatValue.AUTO becomes JustificationRule.SPACE, which adds extra space to the space characters. For Japanese and Chinese, FormatValue.AUTO becomes JustficationRule.EAST_ASIAN. In part, justification changes the spacing of punctuation. In Roman text the comma and Japanese periods take a full character's width but in East Asian text only half of a character's width. Also, in the East Asian text the spacing between sequential punctuation marks becomes tighter, obeying traditional East Asian typographic conventions. Note, too, in the example below the leading that is applied to the second line of the paragraphs. In the East Asian version, the last two lines push left. In the Roman version, the second and following lines push left.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.JustificationRule.EAST_ASIAN, flashx.textLayout.formats.JustificationRule.SPACE, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: The style used for justification of the paragraph. Used only in conjunction with a justificationRule setting of JustificationRule.EAST_ASIAN. Default value of FormatValue.AUTO is resolved to JustificationStyle.PUSH_IN_KINSOKU for all locales. The constants defined by the JustificationStyle class specify options for handling kinsoku characters, which are Japanese characters that cannot appear at either the beginning or end of a line. If you want looser text, specify JustificationStyle.PUSH-OUT-ONLY. If you want behavior that is like what you get with the justificationRule of JustificationRule.SPACE, use JustificationStyle.PRIORITIZE-LEAST-ADJUSTMENT.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.JustificationStyle.PRIORITIZE_LEAST_ADJUSTMENT, flash.text.engine.JustificationStyle.PUSH_IN_KINSOKU, flash.text.engine.JustificationStyle.PUSH_OUT_ONLY, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: Kerning adjusts the pixels between certain character pairs to improve readability. Kerning is supported for all fonts with kerning tables.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.Kerning.ON, flash.text.engine.Kerning.OFF, flash.text.engine.Kerning.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: Specifies the leading model, which is a combination of leading basis and leading direction. Leading basis is the baseline to which the lineHeight property refers. Leading direction determines whether the lineHeight property refers to the distance of a line's baseline from that of the line before it or the line after it. The default value of FormatValue.AUTO is resolved based on the paragraph's locale property. For Japanese and Chinese, it is LeadingModel.IDEOGRAPHIC_TOP_DOWN and for all others it is LeadingModel.ROMAN_UP.

Leading Basis:

Leading Direction:

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.ROMAN_UP, flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.IDEOGRAPHIC_TOP_UP, flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.IDEOGRAPHIC_CENTER_UP, flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.IDEOGRAPHIC_TOP_DOWN, flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.IDEOGRAPHIC_CENTER_DOWN, flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.APPROXIMATE_TEXT_FIELD, flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.ASCENT_DESCENT_UP, flashx.textLayout.formats.LeadingModel.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of AUTO.

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TextLayoutFormat: Controls which of the ligatures that are defined in the font may be used in the text. The ligatures that appear for each of these settings is dependent on the font. A ligature occurs where two or more letter-forms are joined as a single glyph. Ligatures usually replace consecutive characters sharing common components, such as the letter pairs 'fi', 'fl', or 'ae'. They are used with both Latin and Non-Latin character sets. The ligatures enabled by the values of the LigatureLevel class - MINIMUM, COMMON, UNCOMMON, and EXOTIC - are additive. Each value enables a new set of ligatures, but also includes those of the previous types.

Note: When working with Arabic or Syriac fonts, ligatureLevel must be set to MINIMUM or above.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.LigatureLevel.MINIMUM, flash.text.engine.LigatureLevel.COMMON, flash.text.engine.LigatureLevel.UNCOMMON, flash.text.engine.LigatureLevel.EXOTIC, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of COMMON.

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TextLayoutFormat: Controls word wrapping within the container (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Text in the container may be set to fit the width of the container (LineBreak.TO_FIT), or can be set to break only at explicit return or line feed characters (LineBreak.EXPLICIT).

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.LineBreak.EXPLICIT, flashx.textLayout.formats.LineBreak.TO_FIT, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of TO_FIT.

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TextLayoutFormat: Leading controls for the text. The distance from the baseline of the previous or the next line (based on LeadingModel) to the baseline of the current line is equal to the maximum amount of the leading applied to any character in the line. This is either a number or a percent. If specifying a percent, enter a string value, like 140%.

Legal values as a number are from -720 to 720.

Legal values as a percent are numbers from -1000% to 1000%.

Legal values include flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 120%.

TextLayoutFormat: If true, applies strikethrough, a line drawn through the middle of the text.

Legal values are true, false and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of false.

Defines the formatting attributes used for links in active state, when the mouse is down on a link. This value will cascade down the hierarchy and apply to any links that are descendants. Equivalent to setStyle(linkActiveFormat,value). Expects a dictionary of properties. Converts an array of objects with key and value as members to a dictionary.

Defines the formatting attributes used for links in hover state, when the mouse is within the bounds (rolling over) a link. This value will cascade down the hierarchy and apply to any links that are descendants. Equivalent to setStyle(linkHoverFormat,value). Expects a dictionary of properties. Converts an array of objects with key and value as members to a dictionary.

Defines the formatting attributes used for links in normal state. This value will cascade down the hierarchy and apply to any links that are descendants. Equivalent to setStyle(linkNormalFormat,value). Expects a dictionary of properties. Converts an array of objects with key and value as members to a dictionary.

TextLayoutFormat: The locale of the text. Controls case transformations and shaping. Standard locale identifiers as described in Unicode Technical Standard #35 are used. For example en, en_US and en-US are all English, ja is Japanese.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of en.

TextLayoutFormat: Botttom inset in pixels (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Space between the bottom edge of the container and the text. Value is a Number.

With horizontal text, in scrollable containers with multiple columns, the first and following columns will show the padding as blank space at the bottom of the container, but for the last column, if the text doesn't all fit, you may have to scroll in order to see the padding.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: Left inset in pixels (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Space between the left edge of the container and the text. Value is a Number.

With vertical text, in scrollable containers with multiple columns, the first and following columns will show the padding as blank space at the end of the container, but for the last column, if the text doesn't all fit, you may have to scroll in order to see the padding.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: Right inset in pixels (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Space between the right edge of the container and the text. Value is a Number.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: Top inset in pixels (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Space between the top edge of the container and the text. Value is a Number.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: A Number that specifies, in pixels, the amount to indent the paragraph's end edge. Refers to the right edge in left-to-right text and the left edge in right-to-left text.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: A Number that specifies the amount of space, in pixels, to leave after the paragraph. Collapses in tandem with paragraphSpaceBefore.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: A Number that specifies the amount of space, in pixels, to leave before the paragraph. Collapses in tandem with paragraphSpaceAfter.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: A Number that specifies, in pixels, the amount to indent the paragraph's start edge. Refers to the left edge in left-to-right text and the right edge in right-to-left text.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

Returns the parent of this FlowElement object. Every FlowElement has at most one parent.

Returns the relative end of this FlowElement object in the parent. If the parent is null this is always equal to textLength. If the parent is not null, the value is the sum of the text lengths of this and all previous siblings, which is effectively the first character in the next FlowElement object.

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Returns the relative start of this FlowElement object in the parent. If parent is null, this value is always zero. If parent is not null, the value is the sum of the text lengths of all previous siblings.

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TextLayoutFormat: The rendering mode used for this text. Applies only to embedded fonts (fontLookup property is set to FontLookup.EMBEDDED_CFF).

Legal values are flash.text.engine.RenderingMode.NORMAL, flash.text.engine.RenderingMode.CFF, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of CFF.

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Assigns an identifying class to the element, making it possible to set a style for the element by referencing the styleName.

TextLayoutFormat: Specifies the tab stops associated with the paragraph. Setters can take an array of flashx.textLayout.formats.TabStopFormat, a condensed string representation, undefined, or FormatValue.INHERIT. The condensed string representation is always converted into an array of flashx.textLayout.formats.TabStopFormat.

The string-based format is a list of tab stops, where each tab stop is delimited by one or more spaces.

A tab stop takes the following form: <alignment type><alignment position>|<alignment token>.

The alignment type is a single character, and can be S, E, C, or D (or lower-case equivalents). S or s for start, E or e for end, C or c for center, D or d for decimal. The alignment type is optional, and if its not specified will default to S.

The alignment position is a Number, and is specified according to FXG spec for Numbers (decimal or scientific notation). The alignment position is required.

The vertical bar is used to separate the alignment position from the alignment token, and should only be present if the alignment token is present.

The alignment token is optional if the alignment type is D, and should not be present if the alignment type is anything other than D. The alignment token may be any sequence of characters terminated by the space that ends the tab stop (for the last tab stop, the terminating space is optional; end of alignment token is implied). A space may be part of the alignment token if it is escaped with a backslash (\ ). A backslash may be part of the alignment token if it is escaped with another backslash (\\). If the alignment type is D, and the alignment token is not specified, it will take on the default value of null.

If no tab stops are specified, a tab action defaults to the end of the line.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of null.

TextLayoutFormat: Alignment of lines in the paragraph relative to the container. TextAlign.LEFT aligns lines along the left edge of the container. TextAlign.RIGHT aligns on the right edge. TextAlign.CENTER positions the line equidistant from the left and right edges. TextAlign.JUSTIFY spreads the lines out so they fill the space. TextAlign.START is equivalent to setting left in left-to-right text, or right in right-to-left text. TextAlign.END is equivalent to setting right in left-to-right text, or left in right-to-left text.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.LEFT, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.RIGHT, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.CENTER, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.JUSTIFY, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.START, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.END, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of START.

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TextLayoutFormat: Alignment of the last (or only) line in the paragraph relative to the container in justified text. If textAlign is set to TextAlign.JUSTIFY, textAlignLast specifies how the last line (or only line, if this is a one line block) is aligned. Values are similar to textAlign.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.LEFT, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.RIGHT, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.CENTER, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.JUSTIFY, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.START, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextAlign.END, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of START.

See also

TextLayoutFormat: Alpha (transparency) value for the text. A value of 0 is fully transparent, and a value of 1 is fully opaque. Display objects with textAlpha set to 0 are active, even though they are invisible.

Legal values are numbers from 0 to 1 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 1.

TextLayoutFormat: Decoration on text. Use to apply underlining; default is none.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.TextDecoration.NONE, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextDecoration.UNDERLINE, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of NONE.

See also

TextLayoutFormat: A Number that specifies, in pixels, the amount to indent the first line of the paragraph. A negative indent will push the line into the margin, and possibly out of the container.

Legal values are numbers from -1000 to 1000 and flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: Specifies options for justifying text. Default value is TextJustify.INTER_WORD, meaning that extra space is added to the space characters. TextJustify.DISTRIBUTE adds extra space to space characters and between individual letters. Used only in conjunction with a justificationRule value of JustificationRule.SPACE.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.TextJustify.INTER_WORD, flashx.textLayout.formats.TextJustify.DISTRIBUTE, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of INTER_WORD.

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Returns the total length of text owned by this FlowElement object and its children. If an element has no text, the value of textLength is usually zero.

ParagraphElement objects have a final span with a paragraph terminator character for the last SpanElement object.The paragraph terminator is included in the value of the textLength of that SpanElement object and all its parents. It is not included in text property of the SpanElement object.

See also

TextLayoutFormat: Determines the number of degrees to rotate this text.

Legal values are flash.text.engine.TextRotation.ROTATE_0, flash.text.engine.TextRotation.ROTATE_180, flash.text.engine.TextRotation.ROTATE_270, flash.text.engine.TextRotation.ROTATE_90, flash.text.engine.TextRotation.AUTO, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of AUTO.

See also

Sets the tracking and is synonymous with the trackingRight property. Specified as a number of pixels or a percent of fontSize.

See also

TextLayoutFormat: Number in pixels (or percent of fontSize, like 120%) indicating the amount of tracking (manual kerning) to be applied to the left of each character. If kerning is enabled, the trackingLeft value is added to the values in the kerning table for the font. If kerning is disabled, the trackingLeft value is used as a manual kerning value. Supports both positive and negative values.

Legal values as a number are from -1000 to 1000.

Legal values as a percent are numbers from -1000% to 1000%.

Legal values include flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: Number in pixels (or percent of fontSize, like 120%) indicating the amount of tracking (manual kerning) to be applied to the right of each character. If kerning is enabled, the trackingRight value is added to the values in the kerning table for the font. If kerning is disabled, the trackingRight value is used as a manual kerning value. Supports both positive and negative values.

Legal values as a number are from -1000 to 1000.

Legal values as a percent are numbers from -1000% to 1000%.

Legal values include flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of 0.

TextLayoutFormat: The type of typographic case used for this text. Here are some examples:

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.TLFTypographicCase.DEFAULT, flashx.textLayout.formats.TLFTypographicCase.CAPS_TO_SMALL_CAPS, flashx.textLayout.formats.TLFTypographicCase.UPPERCASE, flashx.textLayout.formats.TLFTypographicCase.LOWERCASE, flashx.textLayout.formats.TLFTypographicCase.LOWERCASE_TO_SMALL_CAPS, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of DEFAULT.

See also

Allows you to read and write user styles on a FlowElement object. Note that reading this property makes a copy of the user-styles dictionary.

TextLayoutFormat: Vertical alignment or justification (adopts default value if undefined during cascade). Determines how TextFlow elements align within the container.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.VerticalAlign.TOP, flashx.textLayout.formats.VerticalAlign.MIDDLE, flashx.textLayout.formats.VerticalAlign.BOTTOM, flashx.textLayout.formats.VerticalAlign.JUSTIFY, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of TOP.

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TextLayoutFormat: Collapses or preserves whitespace when importing text into a TextFlow. WhiteSpaceCollapse.PRESERVE retains all whitespace characters. WhiteSpaceCollapse.COLLAPSE removes newlines, tabs, and leading or trailing spaces within a block of imported text. Line break tags () and Unicode line separator characters are retained.

Legal values are flashx.textLayout.formats.WhiteSpaceCollapse.PRESERVE, flashx.textLayout.formats.WhiteSpaceCollapse.COLLAPSE, flashx.textLayout.formats.FormatValue.INHERIT.

Default value is undefined indicating not set.

If undefined during the cascade this property will inherit its value from an ancestor. If no ancestor has set this property, it will have a value of COLLAPSE.

See also

Base class - invoking new FlowElement() throws an error exception.

Clears the style specified by the styleProp parameter from this FlowElement object. Sets the value to undefined.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_clearStyleExample extends Sprite{    
        public function FlowElement_clearStyleExample()
        {
            // create a container and a TextFlow object
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            this.addChild(container);
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            
            // create a paragraph and set lineThrough style to true 
            var paragraph:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            paragraph.setStyle("color", 204);
            // create two spans of text
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span3:SpanElement = new SpanElement();            
            span1.text = "After calling clearStyle(), the value of color for span1 is: ";     
            span2.text = " but the value of span1.getStyle() for color is ";
            span3.text = " because getStyle() returns the inherited value that's applied to the style.";
            span1.clearStyle("color");        // undefined
            span1.text += span1.color;
            paragraph.addChild(span1);
            paragraph.addChild(span2);
            span2.text += span1.getStyle("color");    //204 
            paragraph.addChild(span3);
            
            textFlow.addChild(paragraph);
            // add controller, then update controller to display text
            var firstController:ContainerController = new ContainerController(container, 200, 200 );
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(firstController);
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers(); 
        }
    }
}

Makes a deep copy of this FlowElement object, including any children, copying the content between the two specified character positions and returning the copy as a FlowElement object.

With no arguments, deepCopy() defaults to copying the entire element.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_deepCopyExample extends Sprite{    
        public function FlowElement_deepCopyExample()
        {
            // create a container and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            this.stage.addChild(container);
            // create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            // add text to the spans and spans to the paragraph
            span1.text = "Hello, ";
            span2.text = "World!";
            p.fontSize = 48;
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            // make a deep copy of paragraph p, starting at relative offset 3; copy to end
            var p2:ParagraphElement = p.deepCopy(3, -1) as ParagraphElement; 
            // add copied paragraph (p2) to textflow; add composer and controller 
            // and update controller to display text
            textFlow.addChild(p2);
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController(container, 200, 200 );
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(controller);
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();    // 'lo, World!'
        }
    }
}

Compare the userStyles of this with otherElement's userStyles.

Parameters

See also

Returns the start location of the element in the text flow as an absolute index. The first character in the flow is position 0.

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getAbsoluteStartExample extends Sprite
    {    
        public function FlowElement_getAbsoluteStartExample()
        {
            // create a container and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            this.stage.addChild(container);
            // create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            // add text to the spans, spans to the paragraph, and paragraph to the text flow
            span1.text = "The start of span2 ";
            span2.text = "in this paragraph is at index: ";
            p.fontSize = 20;
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            // find the starting position of span2 and update controller to display text
            span2.text += span2.getAbsoluteStart();  // 19
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController(container, 200, 200 );
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(controller);
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();  
        }
    }
}

Returns the character at the specified position, relative to this FlowElement object. The first character is at relative position 0.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getCharAtPositionExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getCharAtPositionExample()
        {
            // create a container and a controller for it and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController( container, 400, 200 );
            this.stage.addChild( container );
                        
            //create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            
            // add text to the two spans, calling getCharAtPosition() to return the
            // character at relative position 27 in the first span
            span1.text = "The character at offset 27 in this paragraph is: ";
            span2.text =  span1.getCharAtPosition(27) + ".";    // i
            
            // add spans to paragraph p   
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            
            // add paragraph p to text flow and update controller to display it
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController( controller );                               
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();
        }
    }
}

Returns the character code at the specified position, relative to this FlowElement. The first character is at relative position 0.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getCharCodeAtPositionExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getCharCodeAtPositionExample()
        {
            // create a container and a controller for it and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController( container, 400, 200 );
            this.stage.addChild( container );
            
            //create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            
            // add text to spans; use getCharCodeAtPosition() to add char code from pos. 16
            // of span1
            
            span1.text = "The character code at offset 16 in this paragraph is: ";
            span2.text =  String(span1.getCharCodeAtPosition(16)) + ".";    // 100 (d)
            
            // add spans to paragraph p   
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            
            // add paragraph p to text flow and update controller to display it
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController( controller );                               
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();
        }
    }
}

Returns the start of this element relative to an ancestor element. Assumes that the ancestor element is in the parent chain. If the ancestor element is the parent, this is the same as this.parentRelativeStart. If the ancestor element is the grandparent, this is the same as parentRelativeStart plus parent.parentRelativeStart and so on.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.LinkElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getElementRelativeStartExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getElementRelativeStartExample()
        {
            // create a container and a controller for it and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController( container, 400, 200 );
            this.stage.addChild( container );
            
            //create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, SpanElement, and LinkElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var link:LinkElement = new LinkElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span3:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            
            // add text to first two spans
            span1.text = "The relative start of the link SpanElement (";
            span2.text =  ") in this paragraph is at position ";
            
            // create link span, add text and corresponding URL and add to link
            var linkSpan:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            linkSpan.text = "Adobe's website";
            link.href = "http://www.adobe.com";
            link.addChild(linkSpan);
            
            // add first span, link, and second span to paragraph p   
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(link);
            p.addChild(span2);
            
            // call getElementRelativeStart() to get start of linkSpan and add to span 3
            span3.text = String(linkSpan.getElementRelativeStart(p)) + ".";  // 44.
            p.addChild(span3);
            
            // add paragraph p to text flow and update controller to display it
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController( controller );                               
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();
        }
    }
}

Returns the next FlowElement sibling in the text flow hierarchy.

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getNextSiblingExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getNextSiblingExample()
        {
            // create a container and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            this.stage.addChild(container);
            // create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var nextSpanElement:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            // add text, set font size, add spans to paragraph, add paragraph to text flow
            span1.text = "Hello, ";
            span2.text = "World!";
            p.fontSize = 48;
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            // get next SpanElement for span1 and set its color to red; display text
            nextSpanElement = SpanElement(span1.getNextSibling());
            nextSpanElement.color = 0xCC0000;
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(new ContainerController(this,stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight));
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers(); 
        }
    }
}

Returns the ParagraphElement object associated with this element. It looks up the text flow hierarchy and returns the first ParagraphElement object.

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.LinkElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getParagraphExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getParagraphExample()
        {
            // create a container and a controller for it and add to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController( container, 400, 200 );
            this.stage.addChild( container );
                        
            //create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, SpanElement, and LinkElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var link:LinkElement = new LinkElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            
            // add text to first span
            span1.text = "Text that includes a link to ";
            
            // create link span, add text and corresponding URL and add to link
            var linkSpan:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            linkSpan.text = "Adobe's website";
            link.href = "http://www.adobe.com";
            link.addChild(linkSpan);
            
            // add text to second span and add spans and link to paragraph p
            span2.text = ". Notice that paragraph p2 is identical to paragraph p."; 
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(link);
            p.addChild(span2);
            
            // call getParagraph() to retrieve paragaph for LinkElement 
            var p2:ParagraphElement = link.getParagraph();
            
            // add paragraph p2 to the text flow and display it
            textFlow.addChild(p2);
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController( controller );                               
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();
        }
    }
}

Returns the previous FlowElement sibling in the text flow hierarchy.

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getPreviousSiblingExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getPreviousSiblingExample()
        {
            // create a container and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            this.stage.addChild(container);
            // create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var prevSpanElement:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            // add text, set font size, add spans to paragraph, add paragraph to text flow
            span1.text = "Hello, ";
            span2.text = "World!";
            p.fontSize = 48;
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            // get previous SpanElement for span2 and set its color to red; display text
            prevSpanElement = SpanElement(span2.getPreviousSibling());
            prevSpanElement.color = 0xCC0000;
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(new ContainerController(this,400,200));
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers(); 
        }
    }
}

Returns the value of the style specified by the styleProp parameter, which specifies the style name and can include any user style name. Accesses an existing span, paragraph, text flow, or container style. Searches the parent tree if the style's value is undefined on a particular element.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getStyleExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getStyleExample()
        {
            // create a container and a TextFlow object
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            this.stage.addChild(container);
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            
            // create a paragraph and set lineThrough style to true 
            var paragraph:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            paragraph.setStyle("lineThrough", true);
            // create two spans of text
            var p1Span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var p1Span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();            
            p1Span1.text = "It was a dark and stormy night. ";
            p1Span2.text = "The quick red fox jumped over the lazy brown dog.";
            paragraph.addChild(p1Span1);
            paragraph.addChild(p1Span2);
            
            // call getStyle() for 1st span to see if lineThrough is on
            if(p1Span1.getStyle("lineThrough") == true)
                p1Span1.setStyle("lineThrough", false)    // if so, turn it off for this span
            textFlow.addChild(paragraph);
            
            // add composer and controller, then update controller to display text
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController(container, 200, 200 );
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(controller);
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers(); 
        }
    }
}

Gets the specified range of text from a flow element.

Parameters

Climbs the text flow hierarchy to return the root TextFlow object for the element.

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.LinkElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_getTextFlowExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_getTextFlowExample()
        {
            // create a container and a controller for it and add to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController(container, 400, 200);
            this.stage.addChild( container );
                        
            //create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, SpanElement, and LinkElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var link:LinkElement = new LinkElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            
            // add text to first span
            span1.text = "Text that includes a link to ";
            
            // create link span, add text and corresponding URL and add to link
            var linkSpan:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            linkSpan.text = "Adobe's website";
            link.href = "http://www.adobe.com";
            link.addChild(linkSpan);
            
            // add text to second span, add spans and link to paragraph p, and
            // add paragraph p to textFlow
            span2.text = ". Notice that textFlow2 is identical to textFlow."; 
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(link);
            p.addChild(span2);
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            
            // use getTextFlow() with LinkElement to return its TextFlow; update controller
            // and display it
            var textFlow2:TextFlow = link.getTextFlow();     
            textFlow2.flowComposer.addController( controller );                               
            textFlow2.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();
        }
    }
}

Called for MXML objects after the implementing object has been created and all component properties specified on the MXML tag have been initialized.

Parameters

Sets the style specified by the styleProp parameter to the value specified by the newValue parameter. You can set a span, paragraph, text flow, or container style, including any user name-value pair.

Note: If you assign a custom style, Text Layout Framework can import and export it but compiled MXML cannot support it.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.engine.FontPosture;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_setStyleExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_setStyleExample()
        {
            // create a container and a controller for it and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController( container, 400, 200 );
            this.stage.addChild( container );
            
            // create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            
            // add text to the spans
            span1.text = "Hello, ";
            span2.text = "World!";
            
            // set the color style for span2 and add spans to paragraph p
            span2.setStyle("color", 0xCC0000);
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            
            // add paragraph to text flow, set fontStyle for the text flow to italic,
            // and update controller to display the paragraph
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            textFlow.setStyle("fontStyle", FontPosture.ITALIC);
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController( controller );                               
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers(); 
        }
    }
}

Makes a copy of this FlowElement object, copying the content between two specified character positions. It returns the copy as a new FlowElement object. Unlike deepCopy(), shallowCopy() does not copy any of the children of this FlowElement object.

With no arguments, shallowCopy() defaults to copying all of the content.

Parameters

See also

package flashx.textLayout.elements.examples {
    
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.ContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    
    public class FlowElement_shallowCopyExample extends Sprite
    {        
        public function FlowElement_shallowCopyExample()
        {
            // create a container and add it to the stage
            var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
            this.stage.addChild(container);
            // create TextFlow, ParagraphElement, and SpanElement objects
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var span1:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span2:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var span3:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            // add text to the spans, spans to the paragraph
            span1.text = "paragraph2 has  ";
            span3.text = " children, so it would display nothing."
            p.fontSize = 20;
            p.addChild(span1);
            p.addChild(span2);
            p.addChild(span3);
            // create paragraph p2 as a shallow copy of paragraph p
            var p2:ParagraphElement = p.shallowCopy(3, -1) as ParagraphElement; 
            // add the number of children that p2 has to span2 for paragraph p
            span2.text += p2.numChildren;    // 0
            // add paragraph p to textFlow and update controller to display it
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            var controller:ContainerController = new ContainerController(container, 200, 200 );
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(controller);
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllControllers();  
        }
    }
}

Splits this FlowElement object at the position specified by the relativePosition parameter, which is a relative position in the text for this element. This method splits only SpanElement and FlowGroupElement objects.

Parameters