mx.core

# FlexTextField - AS3 Flex

Package | mx.core
Class | public class FlexTextField
Inheritance | FlexTextField TextField InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher Object
Subclasses | StyleableTextField, TextFieldAsset, UITextField

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 3

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

FlexTextField is a subclass of the Player's TextField class and the superclass of UITextField. It overrides the `toString()` method to return a string indicating the location of the object within the hierarchy of DisplayObjects in the application.

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| Property | Defined By
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|  | accessibilityImplementation : AccessibilityImplementation The current accessibility implementation (AccessibilityImplementation) for this InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | accessibilityProperties : AccessibilityProperties The current accessibility options for this display object. | DisplayObject
|  | alpha : Number Indicates the alpha transparency value of the object specified. | DisplayObject
|  | alwaysShowSelection : Boolean When set to true and the text field is not in focus, Flash Player highlights the selection in the text field in gray. | TextField
|  | antiAliasType : String The type of anti-aliasing used for this text field. | TextField
|  | autoSize : String Controls automatic sizing and alignment of text fields. | TextField
|  | background : Boolean Specifies whether the text field has a background fill. | TextField
|  | backgroundColor : uint The color of the text field background. | TextField
|  | blendMode : String A value from the BlendMode class that specifies which blend mode to use. | DisplayObject
|  | blendShader : Shader [write-only] Sets a shader that is used for blending the foreground and background. | DisplayObject
|  | border : Boolean Specifies whether the text field has a border. | TextField
|  | borderColor : uint The color of the text field border. | TextField
|  | bottomScrollV : int [read-only] An integer (1-based index) that indicates the bottommost line that is currently visible in the specified text field. | TextField
|  | cacheAsBitmap : Boolean If set to true, Flash runtimes cache an internal bitmap representation of the display object. | DisplayObject
|  | cacheAsBitmapMatrix : Matrix If non-null, this Matrix object defines how a display object is rendered when cacheAsBitmap is set to true. | DisplayObject
|  | caretIndex : int [read-only] The index of the insertion point (caret) position. | TextField
|  | condenseWhite : Boolean A Boolean value that specifies whether extra white space (spaces, line breaks, and so on) in a text field with HTML text is removed. | TextField
|  | constructor : Object A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance. | Object
|  | contextMenu : NativeMenu Specifies the context menu associated with this object. | InteractiveObject
|  | defaultTextFormat : flash.text:TextFormat Specifies the format applied to newly inserted text, such as text entered by a user or text inserted with the replaceSelectedText() method. | TextField
|  | displayAsPassword : Boolean Specifies whether the text field is a password text field. | TextField
|  | doubleClickEnabled : Boolean Specifies whether the object receives doubleClick events. | InteractiveObject
|  | embedFonts : Boolean Specifies whether to render by using embedded font outlines. | TextField
|  | filters : Array An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object. | DisplayObject
|  | focusRect : Object Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle. | InteractiveObject
|  | gridFitType : String The type of grid fitting used for this text field. | TextField
|  | height : Number Indicates the height of the display object, in pixels. | DisplayObject
|  | htmlText : String Contains the HTML representation of the text field contents. | TextField
|  | length : int [read-only] The number of characters in a text field. | TextField
|  | loaderInfo : LoaderInfo [read-only] Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file to which this display object belongs. | DisplayObject
|  | mask : DisplayObject The calling display object is masked by the specified mask object. | DisplayObject
|  | maxChars : int The maximum number of characters that the text field can contain, as entered by a user. | TextField
|  | maxScrollH : int [read-only] The maximum value of scrollH. | TextField
|  | maxScrollV : int [read-only] The maximum value of scrollV. | TextField
|  | metaData : Object Obtains the meta data object of the DisplayObject instance if meta data was stored alongside the the instance of this DisplayObject in the SWF file through a PlaceObject4 tag. | DisplayObject
|  | mouseEnabled : Boolean Specifies whether this object receives mouse, or other user input, messages. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseWheelEnabled : Boolean A Boolean value that indicates whether Flash Player automatically scrolls multiline text fields when the user clicks a text field and rolls the mouse wheel. | TextField
|  | mouseX : Number [read-only] Indicates the x coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels. | DisplayObject
|  | mouseY : Number [read-only] Indicates the y coordinate of the mouse or user input device position, in pixels. | DisplayObject
|  | multiline : Boolean Indicates whether field is a multiline text field. | TextField
|  | name : String Indicates the instance name of the DisplayObject. | DisplayObject
|  | needsSoftKeyboard : Boolean Specifies whether a virtual keyboard (an on-screen, software keyboard) should display when this InteractiveObject instance receives focus. | InteractiveObject
|  | numLines : int [read-only] Defines the number of text lines in a multiline text field. | TextField
|  | opaqueBackground : Object Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color. | DisplayObject
|  | parent : DisplayObjectContainer [read-only] Indicates the DisplayObjectContainer object that contains this display object. | DisplayObject
|  | restrict : String Indicates the set of characters that a user can enter into the text field. | TextField
|  | root : DisplayObject [read-only] For a display object in a loaded SWF file, the root property is the top-most display object in the portion of the display list's tree structure represented by that SWF file. | DisplayObject
|  | rotation : Number Indicates the rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation. | DisplayObject
|  | rotationX : Number Indicates the x-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject
|  | rotationY : Number Indicates the y-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject
|  | rotationZ : Number Indicates the z-axis rotation of the DisplayObject instance, in degrees, from its original orientation relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject
|  | scale9Grid : Rectangle The current scaling grid that is in effect. | DisplayObject
|  | scaleX : Number Indicates the horizontal scale (percentage) of the object as applied from the registration point. | DisplayObject
|  | scaleY : Number Indicates the vertical scale (percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object. | DisplayObject
|  | scaleZ : Number Indicates the depth scale (percentage) of an object as applied from the registration point of the object. | DisplayObject
|  | scrollH : int The current horizontal scrolling position. | TextField
|  | scrollRect : Rectangle The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object. | DisplayObject
|  | scrollV : int The vertical position of text in a text field. | TextField
|  | selectable : Boolean A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field is selectable. | TextField
|  | selectionBeginIndex : int [read-only] The zero-based character index value of the first character in the current selection. | TextField
|  | selectionEndIndex : int [read-only] The zero-based character index value of the last character in the current selection. | TextField
|  | sharpness : Number The sharpness of the glyph edges in this text field. | TextField
|  | softKeyboard : String Controls the appearance of the soft keyboard. | InteractiveObject
|  | softKeyboardInputAreaOfInterest : Rectangle Defines the area that should remain on-screen when a soft keyboard is displayed (not available on iOS). | InteractiveObject
|  | stage : Stage [read-only] The Stage of the display object. | DisplayObject
|  | styleSheet : StyleSheet Attaches a style sheet to the text field. | TextField
|  | tabEnabled : Boolean Specifies whether this object is in the tab order. | InteractiveObject
|  | tabIndex : int Specifies the tab ordering of objects in a SWF file. | InteractiveObject
|  | text : String A string that is the current text in the text field. | TextField
|  | textColor : uint The color of the text in a text field, in hexadecimal format. | TextField
|  | textHeight : Number [read-only] The height of the text in pixels. | TextField
|  | textInteractionMode : String [read-only] The interaction mode property, Default value is TextInteractionMode.NORMAL. | TextField
|  | textWidth : Number [read-only] The width of the text in pixels. | TextField
|  | thickness : Number The thickness of the glyph edges in this text field. | TextField
|  | transform : flash.geom:Transform An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds. | DisplayObject
|  | type : String The type of the text field. | TextField
|  | useRichTextClipboard : Boolean Specifies whether to copy and paste the text formatting along with the text. | TextField
|  | visible : Boolean Whether or not the display object is visible. | DisplayObject
|  | width : Number Indicates the width of the display object, in pixels. | DisplayObject
|  | wordWrap : Boolean A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field has word wrap. | TextField
|  | x : Number Indicates the x coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of the parent DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObject
|  | y : Number Indicates the y coordinate of the DisplayObject instance relative to the local coordinates of the parent DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObject
|  | z : Number Indicates the z coordinate position along the z-axis of the DisplayObject instance relative to the 3D parent container. | DisplayObject

Public Methods
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| Method | Defined By
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|  | FlexTextField() Constructor. | FlexTextField
|  | addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event. | EventDispatcher
|  | appendText(newText:String):void Appends the string specified by the newText parameter to the end of the text of the text field. | TextField
|  | dispatchEvent(event:Event):Boolean Dispatches an event into the event flow. | EventDispatcher
|  | getBounds(targetCoordinateSpace:DisplayObject):Rectangle Returns a rectangle that defines the area of the display object relative to the coordinate system of the targetCoordinateSpace object. | DisplayObject
|  | getCharBoundaries(charIndex:int):Rectangle Returns a rectangle that is the bounding box of the character. | TextField
|  | getCharIndexAtPoint(x:Number, y:Number):int Returns the zero-based index value of the character at the point specified by the x and y parameters. | TextField
|  | getFirstCharInParagraph(charIndex:int):int Given a character index, returns the index of the first character in the same paragraph. | TextField
|  | getImageReference(id:String):DisplayObject Returns a DisplayObject reference for the given id, for an image or SWF file that has been added to an HTML-formatted text field by using an <img> tag. | TextField
|  | getLineIndexAtPoint(x:Number, y:Number):int Returns the zero-based index value of the line at the point specified by the x and y parameters. | TextField
|  | getLineIndexOfChar(charIndex:int):int Returns the zero-based index value of the line containing the character specified by the charIndex parameter. | TextField
|  | getLineLength(lineIndex:int):int Returns the number of characters in a specific text line. | TextField
|  | getLineMetrics(lineIndex:int):flash.text:TextLineMetrics Returns metrics information about a given text line. | TextField
|  | getLineOffset(lineIndex:int):int Returns the character index of the first character in the line that the lineIndex parameter specifies. | TextField
|  | getLineText(lineIndex:int):String Returns the text of the line specified by the lineIndex parameter. | TextField
|  | getParagraphLength(charIndex:int):int Given a character index, returns the length of the paragraph containing the given character. | TextField
|  | getRect(targetCoordinateSpace:DisplayObject):Rectangle Returns a rectangle that defines the boundary of the display object, based on the coordinate system defined by the targetCoordinateSpace parameter, excluding any strokes on shapes. | DisplayObject
|  | getTextFormat(beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):flash.text:TextFormat Returns a TextFormat object that contains formatting information for the range of text that the beginIndex and endIndex parameters specify. | TextField
|  | globalToLocal(point:Point):Point Converts the point object from the Stage (global) coordinates to the display object's (local) coordinates. | DisplayObject
|  | globalToLocal3D(point:Point):Vector3D Converts a two-dimensional point from the Stage (global) coordinates to a three-dimensional display object's (local) coordinates. | DisplayObject
|  | hasEventListener(type:String):Boolean Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event. | EventDispatcher
|  | hasOwnProperty(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined. | Object
|  | hitTestObject(obj:DisplayObject):Boolean Evaluates the bounding box of the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the bounding box of the obj display object. | DisplayObject
|  | hitTestPoint(x:Number, y:Number, shapeFlag:Boolean = false):Boolean Evaluates the display object to see if it overlaps or intersects with the point specified by the x and y parameters. | DisplayObject
|  | isFontCompatible(fontName:String, fontStyle:String):Boolean [static] Returns true if an embedded font is available with the specified fontName and fontStyle where Font.fontType is flash.text.FontType.EMBEDDED. | TextField
|  | isPrototypeOf(theClass:Object):Boolean Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter. | Object
|  | local3DToGlobal(point3d:Vector3D):Point Converts a three-dimensional point of the three-dimensional display object's (local) coordinates to a two-dimensional point in the Stage (global) coordinates. | DisplayObject
|  | localToGlobal(point:Point):Point Converts the point object from the display object's (local) coordinates to the Stage (global) coordinates. | DisplayObject
|  | propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object
|  | removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object. | EventDispatcher
|  | replaceSelectedText(value:String):void Replaces the current selection with the contents of the value parameter. | TextField
|  | replaceText(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int, newText:String):void Replaces the range of characters that the beginIndex and endIndex parameters specify with the contents of the newText parameter. | TextField
|  | requestSoftKeyboard():Boolean Raises a virtual keyboard. | InteractiveObject
|  | setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object
|  | setSelection(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int):void Sets as selected the text designated by the index values of the first and last characters, which are specified with the beginIndex and endIndex parameters. | TextField
|  | setTextFormat(format:flash.text:TextFormat, beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):void Applies the text formatting that the format parameter specifies to the specified text in a text field. | TextField
|  | toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object
|  | toString():String [override] Returns a string indicating the location of this object within the hierarchy of DisplayObjects in the Application. | FlexTextField
|  | valueOf():Object Returns the primitive value of the specified object. | Object
|  | willTrigger(type:String):Boolean Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type. | EventDispatcher

Events
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| Event | Summary | Defined By
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|  | activate | [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active. | EventDispatcher
|  | added | Dispatched when a display object is added to the display list. | DisplayObject
|  | addedToStage | Dispatched when a display object is added to the on stage display list, either directly or through the addition of a sub tree in which the display object is contained. | DisplayObject
|  | change | Dispatched after a control value is modified, unlike the textInput event, which is dispatched before the value is modified. | TextField
|  | clear | Dispatched when the user selects 'Clear' (or 'Delete') from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject
|  | click | Dispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject
|  | contextMenu | Dispatched when a user gesture triggers the context menu associated with this interactive object in an AIR application. | InteractiveObject
|  | copy | Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a copy operation or selects 'Copy' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject
|  | cut | Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a cut operation or selects 'Cut' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject
|  | deactivate | [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive. | EventDispatcher
|  | doubleClick | Dispatched when a user presses and releases the main button of a pointing device twice in rapid succession over the same InteractiveObject when that object's doubleClickEnabled flag is set to true. | InteractiveObject
|  | enterFrame | [broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is entering a new frame. | DisplayObject
|  | exitFrame | [broadcast event] Dispatched when the playhead is exiting the current frame. | DisplayObject
|  | focusIn | Dispatched after a display object gains focus. | InteractiveObject
|  | focusOut | Dispatched after a display object loses focus. | InteractiveObject
|  | frameConstructed | [broadcast event] Dispatched after the constructors of frame display objects have run but before frame scripts have run. | DisplayObject
|  | gestureDirectionalTap | Dispatched when the user creates a point of contact along the edge of the touch surface with an InteractiveObject instance, (such as tapping along the edge of the touch surface on Siri Remote for Apple TV) Some devices might also interpret this contact as a combination of several touch events, as well. | InteractiveObject
|  | gestureLongPress | Dispatched when the user presses two points of contact over the same InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as presses and releases two fingers over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | gesturePan | Dispatched when the user moves a point of contact over the InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as moving a finger from left to right over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | gestureRotate | Dispatched when the user performs a rotation gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching two fingers and rotating them over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | gestureSwipe | Dispatched when the user performs a swipe gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching three fingers to a screen and then moving them in parallel over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | gestureTap | Dispatched when the user creates a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance, then taps on a touch-enabled device (such as placing several fingers over a display object to open a menu and then taps one finger to select a menu item on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | gestureZoom | Dispatched when the user performs a zoom gesture at a point of contact with an InteractiveObject instance (such as touching two fingers to a screen and then quickly spreading the fingers apart over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | imeStartComposition | This event is dispatched to any client app that supports inline input with an IME | InteractiveObject
|  | keyDown | Dispatched when the user presses a key. | InteractiveObject
|  | keyFocusChange | Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using keyboard navigation. | InteractiveObject
|  | keyUp | Dispatched when the user releases a key. | InteractiveObject
|  | link | Dispatched when a user clicks a hyperlink in an HTML-enabled text field, where the URL begins with "event:". | TextField
|  | middleClick | Dispatched when a user presses and releases the middle button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject
|  | middleMouseDown | Dispatched when a user presses the middle pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | middleMouseUp | Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseDown | Dispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseFocusChange | Dispatched when the user attempts to change focus by using a pointer device. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseMove | Dispatched when a user moves the pointing device while it is over an InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseOut | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseOver | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseUp | Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseWheel | Dispatched when a mouse wheel is spun over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | nativeDragComplete | Dispatched by the drag initiator InteractiveObject when the user releases the drag gesture. | InteractiveObject
|  | nativeDragDrop | Dispatched by the target InteractiveObject when a dragged object is dropped on it and the drop has been accepted with a call to DragManager.acceptDragDrop(). | InteractiveObject
|  | nativeDragEnter | Dispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture enters its boundary. | InteractiveObject
|  | nativeDragExit | Dispatched by an InteractiveObject when a drag gesture leaves its boundary. | InteractiveObject
|  | nativeDragOver | Dispatched by an InteractiveObject continually while a drag gesture remains within its boundary. | InteractiveObject
|  | nativeDragStart | Dispatched at the beginning of a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call. | InteractiveObject
|  | nativeDragUpdate | Dispatched during a drag operation by the InteractiveObject that is specified as the drag initiator in the DragManager.doDrag() call. | InteractiveObject
|  | paste | Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a paste operation or selects 'Paste' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject
|  | proximityBegin | Dispatched when the user lowers an active stylus past the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject
|  | proximityEnd | Dispatched when the user lifts an active stylus above the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject
|  | proximityMove | Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus over the screen while remaining within the proximity detection threshold. | InteractiveObject
|  | proximityOut | Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus away from this InteractiveObject while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject
|  | proximityOver | Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus directly above this InteractiveObject while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject
|  | proximityRollOut | Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus away from this InteractiveObject and any of its children while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen. | InteractiveObject
|  | proximityRollOver | Dispatched when the user moves an active stylus over this InteractiveObject from outside the object's tree of descendents in the display list (while remaining within the proximity detection threshold of the screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | releaseOutside | Dispatched when a user releases the button on the pointing device after the user first pressed the button over an InteractiveObject instance and then moved the pointing device off of the InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | removed | Dispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list. | DisplayObject
|  | removedFromStage | Dispatched when a display object is about to be removed from the display list, either directly or through the removal of a sub tree in which the display object is contained. | DisplayObject
|  | render | [broadcast event] Dispatched when the display list is about to be updated and rendered. | DisplayObject
|  | rightClick | Dispatched when a user presses and releases the right button of the user's pointing device over the same InteractiveObject. | InteractiveObject
|  | rightMouseDown | Dispatched when a user presses the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | rightMouseUp | Dispatched when a user releases the pointing device button over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | rollOut | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device away from an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | rollOver | Dispatched when the user moves a pointing device over an InteractiveObject instance. | InteractiveObject
|  | scroll | Dispatched by a TextField object after the user scrolls. | TextField
|  | selectAll | Dispatched when the user activates the platform-specific accelerator key combination for a select all operation or selects 'Select All' from the text context menu. | InteractiveObject
|  | softKeyboardActivate | Dispatched immediately after the soft keyboard is raised. | InteractiveObject
|  | softKeyboardActivating | Dispatched immediately before the soft keyboard is raised. | InteractiveObject
|  | softKeyboardDeactivate | Dispatched immediately after the soft keyboard is lowered. | InteractiveObject
|  | tabChildrenChange | Dispatched when the value of the object's tabChildren flag changes. | InteractiveObject
|  | tabEnabledChange | Dispatched when the object's tabEnabled flag changes. | InteractiveObject
|  | tabIndexChange | Dispatched when the value of the object's tabIndex property changes. | InteractiveObject
|  | textInput | Flash Player dispatches the textInput event when a user enters one or more characters of text. | TextField
|  | textInteractionModeChange | Flash Player dispatches the textInteractionModeChange event when a user changes the interaction mode of a text field. | TextField
|  | touchBegin | Dispatched when the user first contacts a touch-enabled device (such as touches a finger to a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | touchEnd | Dispatched when the user removes contact with a touch-enabled device (such as lifts a finger off a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | touchMove | Dispatched when the user touches the device, and is continuously dispatched until the point of contact is removed. | InteractiveObject
|  | touchOut | Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact away from InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from one display object to another on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | touchOver | Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact over an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from a point outside a display object to a point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | touchRollOut | Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact away from an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from over a display object to a point outside the display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | touchRollOver | Dispatched when the user moves the point of contact over an InteractiveObject instance on a touch-enabled device (such as drags a finger from a point outside a display object to a point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject
|  | touchTap | Dispatched when the user lifts the point of contact over the same InteractiveObject instance on which the contact was initiated on a touch-enabled device (such as presses and releases a finger from a single point over a display object on a mobile phone or tablet with a touch screen). | InteractiveObject

Constructor Detail

### FlexTextField

()
Constructor

`public function FlexTextField()`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 3

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Constructor.

Sets the `name` property to a string returned by the `createUniqueName()` method of the mx.utils.NameUtils class.

This string is the name of the object's class concatenated with an integer that is unique within the application, such as `"UITextField18"`.

Related API Elements

flash.display.DisplayObject.name
mx.utils.NameUtil.createUniqueName()
Method Detail

### toString

()
method

`override public function toString():String`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 3

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Returns a string indicating the location of this object within the hierarchy of DisplayObjects in the Application. This string, such as `"MyApp0.HBox5.UITextField18"`, is built by the `displayObjectToString()` method of the mx.utils.NameUtils class from the `name` property of the object and its ancestors.

Returns

| `String` — A String indicating the location of this object within the DisplayObject hierarchy.

Related API Elements

flash.display.DisplayObject.name
mx.utils.NameUtil.displayObjectToString()

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