mx.core

# UIFTETextField - AS3 Flex

Package | mx.core
Class | public class UIFTETextField
Inheritance | UIFTETextField FTETextField Sprite DisplayObjectContainer InteractiveObject DisplayObject EventDispatcher Object
Implements | IAutomationObject, IIMESupport, IFlexModule, IInvalidating, ISimpleStyleClient, IToolTipManagerClient, IUITextField
Subclasses | DefaultGridItemRenderer, FTEAdvancedDataGridItemRenderer, FTEDataGridItemRenderer

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The UIFTETextField class is an alternative to the UITextField class for displaying text in MX components.

UIFTETextField extends FTETextField in the same way that UITextField extends TextField. By extending FTETextField, it makes it possible for MX components to use the Flash Text Engine. Benefits of using FTE over TextField include higher-quality typography, bidirectional text, and rotatable text.

When MX components use FTE, they can use the same embedded fonts as Spark components, which always use FTE. Otherwise, a font must be embedded with `embedAsCFF="false"` for use by TextField-based components, and with `embedAsCFF="true"` for use by FTE-based components.

MX components that display text use the `textFieldClass` style to determine whether to create instances of UITextField or UIFTETextField. They are able to use either class because both classes implement the IUITextField interface.

Warning: if UIFTETextField inherits `layoutDirection="rtl"`, it will modify its own `transform.matrix` to restore the default coordinate system locally.

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Related API Elements

mx.core.UITextField
mx.core.FTETextField

Public Properties
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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 This property is not implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. | FTETextField
|  | antiAliasType : String This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField. | FTETextField
|  | automationDelegate : Object The delegate object which is handling the automation related functionality. | UIFTETextField
|  | automationEnabled : Boolean [read-only] True if this component is enabled for automation, false otherwise. | UIFTETextField
|  | automationName : String Name that can be used as an identifier for this object. | UIFTETextField
|  | automationOwner : DisplayObjectContainer [read-only] The owner of this component for automation purposes. | UIFTETextField
|  | automationParent : DisplayObjectContainer [read-only] The parent of this component for automation purposes. | UIFTETextField
|  | automationValue : Array [read-only] This value generally corresponds to the rendered appearance of the object and should be usable for correlating the identifier with the object as it appears visually within the application. | UIFTETextField
|  | automationVisible : Boolean [read-only] True if this component is visible for automation, false otherwise. | UIFTETextField
|  | autoSize : String Controls automatic sizing and alignment of text fields. | FTETextField
|  | background : Boolean Specifies whether the text field has a background fill. | FTETextField
|  | backgroundColor : uint The color of the text field background. | FTETextField
|  | baselinePosition : Number [read-only] The y-coordinate of the baseline of the first line of text. | UIFTETextField
|  | 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. | FTETextField
|  | borderColor : uint The color of the text field border. | FTETextField
|  | bottomScrollV : int [read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. | FTETextField
|  | buttonMode : Boolean Specifies the button mode of this sprite. | Sprite
|  | 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] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. | FTETextField
|  | className : String [read-only] The name of this instance's class, such as "DataGridItemRenderer". | UIFTETextField
|  | 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. | FTETextField
|  | 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. | FTETextField
|  | direction : String The directionality of the text displayed by the FTETextField. | FTETextField
|  | displayAsPassword : Boolean This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. | FTETextField
|  | document : Object A reference to the document object associated with this UITextField object. | UIFTETextField
|  | doubleClickEnabled : Boolean Specifies whether the object receives doubleClick events. | InteractiveObject
|  | dropTarget : DisplayObject [read-only] Specifies the display object over which the sprite is being dragged, or on which the sprite was dropped. | Sprite
|  | embedFonts : Boolean Specifies whether to render by using embedded font outlines. | FTETextField
|  | enabled : Boolean A Boolean value that indicates whether the component is enabled. | UIFTETextField
|  | enableIME : Boolean [read-only] A flag that indicates whether the IME should be enabled when the component receives focus. | UIFTETextField
|  | explicitHeight : Number Number that specifies the explicit height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates. | UIFTETextField
|  | explicitMaxHeight : Number [read-only] Number that specifies the maximum height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates, if the maxHeight property is set. | UIFTETextField
|  | explicitMaxWidth : Number [read-only] Number that specifies the maximum width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates, if the maxWidth property is set. | UIFTETextField
|  | explicitMinHeight : Number [read-only] The minimum recommended height of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. | UIFTETextField
|  | explicitMinWidth : Number [read-only] The minimum recommended width of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. | UIFTETextField
|  | explicitWidth : Number Number that specifies the explicit width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates. | UIFTETextField
|  | filters : Array An indexed array that contains each filter object currently associated with the display object. | DisplayObject
|  | focusPane : Sprite A single Sprite object that is shared among components and used as an overlay for drawing the focus indicator. | UIFTETextField
|  | focusRect : Object Specifies whether this object displays a focus rectangle. | InteractiveObject
|  | fontContext : IFlexModuleFactory The IFlexModuleFactory instance that FTETextField uses for creating TextLine objects. | FTETextField
|  | graphics : Graphics [read-only] Specifies the Graphics object that belongs to this sprite where vector drawing commands can occur. | Sprite
|  | gridFitType : String This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField. | FTETextField
|  | height : Number Indicates the height of the display object, in pixels. | DisplayObject
|  | hitArea : Sprite Designates another sprite to serve as the hit area for a sprite. | Sprite
|  | htmlText : String Contains the HTML representation of the text field contents. | FTETextField
|  | ignorePadding : Boolean If true, the paddingLeft and paddingRight styles will not add space around the text of the component. | UIFTETextField
|  | imeMode : String Specifies the IME (input method editor) mode. | UIFTETextField
|  | includeInLayout : Boolean Specifies whether this component is included in the layout of the parent container. | UIFTETextField
|  | inheritingStyles : Object The beginning of this UITextField's chain of inheriting styles. | UIFTETextField
|  | initialized : Boolean A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout validation (provided that any were required). | UIFTETextField
|  | isPopUp : Boolean Set to true by the PopUpManager to indicate that component has been popped up. | UIFTETextField
|  | length : int [read-only] The number of characters in a text field. | FTETextField
|  | loaderInfo : LoaderInfo [read-only] Returns a LoaderInfo object containing information about loading the file to which this display object belongs. | DisplayObject
|  | locale : String The locale of the text displayed by FTETextField. | FTETextField
|  | mask : DisplayObject The calling display object is masked by the specified mask object. | DisplayObject
|  | maxChars : int This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. | FTETextField
|  | maxHeight : Number [read-only] The maximum recommended height of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. | UIFTETextField
|  | maxScrollH : int [read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. | FTETextField
|  | maxScrollV : int [read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. | FTETextField
|  | maxWidth : Number [read-only] The maximum recommended width of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. | UIFTETextField
|  | measuredHeight : Number [read-only] The default height of the component, in pixels. | UIFTETextField
|  | measuredMinHeight : Number The default minimum height of the component, in pixels. | UIFTETextField
|  | measuredMinWidth : Number The default minimum width of the component, in pixels. | UIFTETextField
|  | measuredWidth : Number [read-only] The default width of the component, in pixels. | UIFTETextField
|  | 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
|  | minHeight : Number [read-only] The minimum recommended height of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. | UIFTETextField
|  | minWidth : Number [read-only] The minimum recommended width of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. | UIFTETextField
|  | moduleFactory : IFlexModuleFactory The moduleFactory that is used to create TextFields in the correct SWF context. | UIFTETextField
|  | mouseChildren : Boolean Determines whether or not the children of the object are mouse, or user input device, enabled. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | mouseEnabled : Boolean Specifies whether this object receives mouse, or other user input, messages. | InteractiveObject
|  | mouseWheelEnabled : Boolean This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. | FTETextField
|  | 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 This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support editing. | FTETextField
|  | 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
|  | nestLevel : int Depth of this object in the containment hierarchy. | UIFTETextField
|  | nonInheritingStyles : Object The beginning of this UITextField's chain of non-inheriting styles. | UIFTETextField
|  | nonZeroTextHeight : Number [read-only] The height of the text, in pixels. | UIFTETextField
|  | numChildren : int [read-only] Returns the number of children of this object. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | numLines : int [read-only] Defines the number of text lines in a multiline text field. | FTETextField
|  | opaqueBackground : Object Specifies whether the display object is opaque with a certain background color. | DisplayObject
|  | owner : DisplayObjectContainer By default, set to the parent container of this object. | UIFTETextField
|  | parent : DisplayObjectContainer [override] [read-only] The parent container or component for this component. | UIFTETextField
|  | percentHeight : Number Specifies the height of a component as a percentage of its parent's size. | UIFTETextField
|  | percentWidth : Number Specifies the width of a component as a percentage of its parent's size. | UIFTETextField
|  | processedDescriptors : Boolean Set to true after the createChildren() method creates any internal component children. | UIFTETextField
|  | restrict : String This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. | FTETextField
|  | 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 This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. | FTETextField
|  | scrollRect : Rectangle The scroll rectangle bounds of the display object. | DisplayObject
|  | scrollV : int This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support scrolling. | FTETextField
|  | selectable : Boolean Setting this property has no effect in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. | FTETextField
|  | selectionBeginIndex : int [read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. | FTETextField
|  | selectionEndIndex : int [read-only] This property has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. | FTETextField
|  | sharpness : Number This property has no effect in FTETextField. | FTETextField
|  | 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
|  | soundTransform : flash.media:SoundTransform Controls sound within this sprite. | Sprite
|  | stage : Stage [read-only] The Stage of the display object. | DisplayObject
|  | styleName : Object The class style used by this component. | UIFTETextField
|  | styleSheet : StyleSheet Attaches a style sheet to the text field. | FTETextField
|  | systemManager : ISystemManager Returns the SystemManager object used by this component. | UIFTETextField
|  | tabChildren : Boolean Determines whether the children of the object are tab enabled. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | 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. | FTETextField
|  | textColor : uint The color of the text in a text field, in hexadecimal format. | FTETextField
|  | textHeight : Number [read-only] The height of the text in pixels. | FTETextField
|  | textSnapshot : flash.text:TextSnapshot [read-only] Returns a TextSnapshot object for this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | textWidth : Number [read-only] The width of the text in pixels. | FTETextField
|  | thickness : Number This property has no effect in FTETextField because FTE uses a newer font renderer than TextField. | FTETextField
|  | toolTip : String Text to display in the ToolTip. | UIFTETextField
|  | transform : flash.geom:Transform An object with properties pertaining to a display object's matrix, color transform, and pixel bounds. | DisplayObject
|  | tweeningProperties : Array Array of properties that are currently being tweened on this object. | UIFTETextField
|  | type : String The type of the text field. | FTETextField
|  | updateCompletePendingFlag : Boolean A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout validation (provided that any were required) | UIFTETextField
|  | useHandCursor : Boolean A Boolean value that indicates whether the pointing hand (hand cursor) appears when the pointer rolls over a sprite in which the buttonMode property is set to true. | Sprite
|  | useRichTextClipboard : Boolean This property is not implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection or clipboard operations. | FTETextField
|  | 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. | FTETextField
|  | 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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|  | UIFTETextField() Constructor. | UIFTETextField
|  | addChild(child:DisplayObject):DisplayObject Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | addChildAt(child:DisplayObject, index:int):DisplayObject Adds a child DisplayObject instance to this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | 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 This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | areInaccessibleObjectsUnderPoint(point:Point):Boolean Indicates whether the security restrictions would cause any display objects to be omitted from the list returned by calling the DisplayObjectContainer.getObjectsUnderPoint() method with the specified point point. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | contains(child:DisplayObject):Boolean Determines whether the specified display object is a child of the DisplayObjectContainer instance or the instance itself. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | 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 This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getCharIndexAtPoint(x:Number, y:Number):int This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getChildAt(index:int):DisplayObject Returns the child display object instance that exists at the specified index. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | getChildByName(name:String):DisplayObject Returns the child display object that exists with the specified name. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | getChildIndex(child:DisplayObject):int Returns the index position of a child DisplayObject instance. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight():Number A convenience method for determining whether to use the explicit or measured height | UIFTETextField
|  | getExplicitOrMeasuredWidth():Number A convenience method for determining whether to use the explicit or measured width | UIFTETextField
|  | getFirstCharInParagraph(charIndex:int):int This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getImageReference(id:String):DisplayObject This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getLineIndexAtPoint(x:Number, y:Number):int This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getLineIndexOfChar(charIndex:int):int This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getLineLength(lineIndex:int):int This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getLineMetrics(lineIndex:int):flash.text:TextLineMetrics Returns metrics information about a given text line. | FTETextField
|  | getLineOffset(lineIndex:int):int This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getLineText(lineIndex:int):String This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | getObjectsUnderPoint(point:Point):Array Returns an array of objects that lie under the specified point and are children (or grandchildren, and so on) of this DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | getParagraphLength(charIndex:int):int This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | 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
|  | getStyle(styleProp:String):* Gets a style property that has been set anywhere in this component's style lookup chain. | UIFTETextField
|  | getTextFormat(beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):flash.text:TextFormat This method has been implemented in FTETextField to simply return a copy of the defaultTextFormat, because FTETextField does not support formatting a range. | FTETextField
|  | getTextStyles():flash.text:TextFormat Returns the TextFormat object that represents character formatting information for this UITextField object. | UIFTETextField
|  | getUITextFormat():mx.core:UITextFormat Returns a UITextFormat object that contains formatting information for this component. | UIFTETextField
|  | 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
|  | initialize():void Initializes this component. | UIFTETextField
|  | invalidateDisplayList():void Marks a component so that its updateDisplayList() method gets called during a later screen update. | UIFTETextField
|  | invalidateProperties():void Marks a component so that its commitProperties() method gets called during a later screen update. | UIFTETextField
|  | invalidateSize():void Marks a component so that its measure() method gets called during a later screen update. | UIFTETextField
|  | 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
|  | move(x:Number, y:Number):void Moves the component to a specified position within its parent. | UIFTETextField
|  | owns(child:DisplayObject):Boolean Returns true if the child is parented or owned by this object. | UIFTETextField
|  | parentChanged(p:DisplayObjectContainer):void This function is called when a UITextField object is assigned a parent. | UIFTETextField
|  | propertyIsEnumerable(name:String):Boolean Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable. | Object
|  | removeChild(child:DisplayObject):DisplayObject Removes the specified child DisplayObject instance from the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | removeChildAt(index:int):DisplayObject Removes a child DisplayObject from the specified index position in the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | removeChildren(beginIndex:int = 0, endIndex:int = 0x7fffffff):void Removes all child DisplayObject instances from the child list of the DisplayObjectContainer instance. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object. | EventDispatcher
|  | replaceSelectedText(value:String):void This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | replaceText(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int, newText:String):void This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because very few components use it in TextField. | FTETextField
|  | replayAutomatableEvent(event:Event):Boolean Replays the specified event. | UIFTETextField
|  | requestSoftKeyboard():Boolean Raises a virtual keyboard. | InteractiveObject
|  | setActualSize(w:Number, h:Number):void Sizes the object. | UIFTETextField
|  | setChildIndex(child:DisplayObject, index:int):void Changes the position of an existing child in the display object container. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | setColor(color:uint):void Sets the font color of the text. | UIFTETextField
|  | setFocus():void Sets the focus to this component. | UIFTETextField
|  | setPropertyIsEnumerable(name:String, isEnum:Boolean = true):void Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations. | Object
|  | setSelection(beginIndex:int, endIndex:int):void This method has not been implemented in FTETextField because FTETextField does not support selection. | FTETextField
|  | setStyle(styleProp:String, value:*):void Does nothing. | UIFTETextField
|  | setTextFormat(format:flash.text:TextFormat, beginIndex:int = -1, endIndex:int = -1):void This method has no effect on a FTETextField if beginIndex or endIndex does not equal -1 because FTETextField does not support formatting a range. | FTETextField
|  | setVisible(visible:Boolean, noEvent:Boolean = false):void Sets the visible property of this UITextField object. | UIFTETextField
|  | startDrag(lockCenter:Boolean = false, bounds:Rectangle = null):void Lets the user drag the specified sprite. | Sprite
|  | startTouchDrag(touchPointID:int, lockCenter:Boolean = false, bounds:Rectangle = null):void Lets the user drag the specified sprite on a touch-enabled device. | Sprite
|  | stopAllMovieClips():void Recursively stops the timeline execution of all MovieClips rooted at this object. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | stopDrag():void Ends the startDrag() method. | Sprite
|  | stopTouchDrag(touchPointID:int):void Ends the startTouchDrag() method, for use with touch-enabled devices. | Sprite
|  | styleChanged(styleProp:String):void Detects changes to style properties. | UIFTETextField
|  | swapChildren(child1:DisplayObject, child2:DisplayObject):void Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the two specified child objects. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | swapChildrenAt(index1:int, index2:int):void Swaps the z-order (front-to-back order) of the child objects at the two specified index positions in the child list. | DisplayObjectContainer
|  | toLocaleString():String Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions. | Object
|  | toString():String Returns the string representation of the specified object. | Object
|  | truncateToFit(truncationIndicator:String = null):Boolean Truncate text to make it fit horizontally in the area defined for the control, and append an ellipsis, three periods (...), to the text. | UIFTETextField
|  | validateNow():void Validate and update the properties and layout of this object and redraw it, if necessary. | UIFTETextField
|  | 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

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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
|  | 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
|  | 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
|  | 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 | Dispatched when a user enters one or more characters of text. | InteractiveObject
|  | 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

Property Detail

### automationDelegate

property

`automationDelegate:Object`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The delegate object which is handling the automation related functionality.

Implementation
`public function get automationDelegate():Object`
`public function set automationDelegate(value:Object):void`

### automationEnabled

property

`automationEnabled:Boolean` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

True if this component is enabled for automation, false otherwise.

Implementation
`public function get automationEnabled():Boolean`

### automationName

property

`automationName:String`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Name that can be used as an identifier for this object.

Implementation
`public function get automationName():String`
`public function set automationName(value:String):void`

### automationOwner

property

`automationOwner:DisplayObjectContainer` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The owner of this component for automation purposes.

Implementation
`public function get automationOwner():DisplayObjectContainer`

### automationParent

property

`automationParent:DisplayObjectContainer` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The parent of this component for automation purposes.

Implementation
`public function get automationParent():DisplayObjectContainer`

### automationValue

property

`automationValue:Array` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This value generally corresponds to the rendered appearance of the object and should be usable for correlating the identifier with the object as it appears visually within the application.

Implementation
`public function get automationValue():Array`

### automationVisible

property

`automationVisible:Boolean` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

True if this component is visible for automation, false otherwise.

Implementation
`public function get automationVisible():Boolean`

### baselinePosition

property

`baselinePosition:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The y-coordinate of the baseline of the first line of text.

Implementation
`public function get baselinePosition():Number`

### className

property

`className:String` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The name of this instance's class, such as `"DataGridItemRenderer"`.

This string does not include the package name. If you need the package name as well, call the `getQualifiedClassName()` method in the flash.utils package. It will return a string such as `"mx.controls.dataGridClasses::DataGridItemRenderer"`.

Implementation
`public function get className():String`

### document

property

`document:Object`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A reference to the document object associated with this UITextField object. A document object is an Object at the top of the hierarchy of an application, MXML component, or ActionScript component.

Implementation
`public function get document():Object`
`public function set document(value:Object):void`

### enabled

property

`enabled:Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A Boolean value that indicates whether the component is enabled. This property only affects the color of the text and not whether the UITextField is editable. To control editability, use the `flash.text.TextField.type` property.

The default value is `true.`

Implementation
`public function get enabled():Boolean`
`public function set enabled(value:Boolean):void`

Related API Elements

flash.text.TextField

### enableIME

property

`enableIME:Boolean` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A flag that indicates whether the IME should be enabled when the component receives focus.

Implementation
`public function get enableIME():Boolean`

### explicitHeight

property

`explicitHeight:Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Number that specifies the explicit height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `explicitHeight` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleY` property.

Setting the `height` property also sets this property to the specified height value.

Implementation
`public function get explicitHeight():Number`
`public function set explicitHeight(value:Number):void`

### explicitMaxHeight

property

`explicitMaxHeight:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Number that specifies the maximum height of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates, if the maxHeight property is set. Because maxHeight is read-only, this method returns NaN. You must override this method and add a setter to use this property.

The default value is `NaN.`

Implementation
`public function get explicitMaxHeight():Number`

Related API Elements

mx.core.UIComponent.explicitMaxHeight

### explicitMaxWidth

property

`explicitMaxWidth:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Number that specifies the maximum width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates, if the `maxWidth` property is set. Because the `maxWidth` property is read-only, this method returns `NaN`. You must override this method and add a setter to use this property.

The default value is `NaN.`

Implementation
`public function get explicitMaxWidth():Number`

Related API Elements

mx.core.UIComponent.explicitMaxWidth

### explicitMinHeight

property

`explicitMinHeight:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The minimum recommended height of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. This value is in the component's coordinates, in pixels.

Application developers typically do not set the explicitMinHeight property. Instead, they set the value of the minHeight property, which sets the explicitMinHeight property. The value of minHeight does not change.

At layout time, if minHeight was explicitly set by the application developer, then the value of explicitMinHeight is used. Otherwise, the value of measuredMinHeight is used.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `minHeight` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleY` property.

Implementation
`public function get explicitMinHeight():Number`

### explicitMinWidth

property

`explicitMinWidth:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The minimum recommended width of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. This value is in the component's coordinates, in pixels.

Application developers typically do not set the explicitMinWidth property. Instead, they set the value of the minWidth property, which sets the explicitMinWidth property. The value of minWidth does not change.

At layout time, if minWidth was explicitly set by the application developer, then the value of explicitMinWidth is used. Otherwise, the value of measuredMinWidth is used.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `minWidth` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleX` property.

Implementation
`public function get explicitMinWidth():Number`

### explicitWidth

property

`explicitWidth:Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Number that specifies the explicit width of the component, in pixels, in the component's coordinates.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `explicitWidth` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleX` property.

Setting the `width` property also sets this property to the specified width value.

Implementation
`public function get explicitWidth():Number`
`public function set explicitWidth(value:Number):void`

### focusPane

property

`focusPane:Sprite`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A single Sprite object that is shared among components and used as an overlay for drawing the focus indicator. Components share this object if their parent is a focused component, not if the component implements the IFocusManagerComponent interface.

Implementation
`public function get focusPane():Sprite`
`public function set focusPane(value:Sprite):void`

### ignorePadding

property

`ignorePadding:Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

If `true`, the `paddingLeft` and `paddingRight` styles will not add space around the text of the component.

The default value is `true.`

Implementation
`public function get ignorePadding():Boolean`
`public function set ignorePadding(value:Boolean):void`

### imeMode

property

`imeMode:String`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies the IME (input method editor) mode. The IME enables users to enter text in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Flex sets the specified IME mode when the control gets the focus, and sets it back to the previous value when the control loses the focus.

The flash.system.IMEConversionMode class defines constants for the valid values for this property. You can also specify `null` to specify no IME.

The default value is `null.`

Implementation
`public function get imeMode():String`
`public function set imeMode(value:String):void`

Related API Elements

flash.system.IMEConversionMode

### includeInLayout

property

`includeInLayout:Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies whether this component is included in the layout of the parent container. If `true`, the object is included in its parent container's layout and is sized and positioned by its parent container as per its layout rules. If `false`, the object size and position are not affected by its parent container's layout.

Implementation
`public function get includeInLayout():Boolean`
`public function set includeInLayout(value:Boolean):void`

### inheritingStyles

property

`inheritingStyles:Object`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The beginning of this UITextField's chain of inheriting styles. The `getStyle()` method accesses `inheritingStyles[styleName]` to search the entire prototype-linked chain. This object is set up by the `initProtoChain()` method. You typically never need to access this property directly.

Implementation
`public function get inheritingStyles():Object`
`public function set inheritingStyles(value:Object):void`

### initialized

property

`initialized:Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout validation (provided that any were required).

Implementation
`public function get initialized():Boolean`
`public function set initialized(value:Boolean):void`

### isPopUp

property

`isPopUp:Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Set to `true` by the PopUpManager to indicate that component has been popped up.

Implementation
`public function get isPopUp():Boolean`
`public function set isPopUp(value:Boolean):void`

### maxHeight

property

`maxHeight:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The maximum recommended height of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. This value is in the component's coordinates, in pixels. The default value of this property is set by the component developer.

The component developer uses this property to set an upper limit on the height of the component.

If the application developer overrides the default value of maxHeight, the new value is stored in explicitMaxHeight. The default value of maxHeight does not change. As a result, at layout time, if maxHeight was explicitly set by the application developer, then the value of explicitMaxHeight is used for the component's maximum recommended height. If maxHeight is not set explicitly by the user, then the default value is used.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `maxHeight` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleY` property. Some components have no theoretical limit to their height. In those cases their `maxHeight` is set to `UIComponent.DEFAULT_MAX_HEIGHT`.

Implementation
`public function get maxHeight():Number`

### maxWidth

property

`maxWidth:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The maximum recommended width of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. This value is in the component's coordinates, in pixels. The default value of this property is set by the component developer.

The component developer uses this property to set an upper limit on the width of the component.

If the application developer overrides the default value of maxWidth, the new value is stored in explicitMaxWidth. The default value of maxWidth does not change. As a result, at layout time, if maxWidth was explicitly set by the application developer, then the value of explicitMaxWidth is used for the component's maximum recommended width. If maxWidth is not set explicitly by the user, then the default value is used.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `maxWidth` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleX` property. Some components have no theoretical limit to their width. In those cases their `maxWidth` is set to `UIComponent.DEFAULT_MAX_WIDTH`.

Implementation
`public function get maxWidth():Number`

### measuredHeight

property

`measuredHeight:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The default height of the component, in pixels. This value is set by the `measure()` method.

Implementation
`public function get measuredHeight():Number`

### measuredMinHeight

property

`measuredMinHeight:Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The default minimum height of the component, in pixels. This value is set by the `measure()` method.

Implementation
`public function get measuredMinHeight():Number`
`public function set measuredMinHeight(value:Number):void`

### measuredMinWidth

property

`measuredMinWidth:Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The default minimum width of the component, in pixels. This value is set by the `measure()` method.

Implementation
`public function get measuredMinWidth():Number`
`public function set measuredMinWidth(value:Number):void`

### measuredWidth

property

`measuredWidth:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The default width of the component, in pixels. This value is set by the `measure()` method.

Implementation
`public function get measuredWidth():Number`

### minHeight

property

`minHeight:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The minimum recommended height of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. This value is in the component's coordinates, in pixels. The default value depends on the component's implementation.

If the application developer sets the value of minHeight, the new value is stored in explicitMinHeight. The default value of minHeight does not change. As a result, at layout time, if minHeight was explicitly set by the application developer, then the value of explicitMinHeight is used for the component's minimum recommended height. If minHeight is not set explicitly by the application developer, then the value of measuredMinHeight is used.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `minHeight` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleY` property.

Implementation
`public function get minHeight():Number`

### minWidth

property

`minWidth:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The minimum recommended width of the component to be considered by the parent during layout. This value is in the component's coordinates, in pixels. The default value depends on the component's implementation.

If the application developer sets the value of minWidth, the new value is stored in explicitMinWidth. The default value of minWidth does not change. As a result, at layout time, if minWidth was explicitly set by the application developer, then the value of explicitMinWidth is used for the component's minimum recommended width. If minWidth is not set explicitly by the application developer, then the value of measuredMinWidth is used.

This value is used by the container in calculating the size and position of the component. It is not used by the component itself in determining its default size. Thus this property may not have any effect if parented by Container, or containers that don't factor in this property. Because the value is in component coordinates, the true `minWidth` with respect to its parent is affected by the `scaleX` property.

Implementation
`public function get minWidth():Number`

### moduleFactory

property

`moduleFactory:IFlexModuleFactory`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The moduleFactory that is used to create TextFields in the correct SWF context. This is necessary so that embedded fonts will work.

Implementation
`public function get moduleFactory():IFlexModuleFactory`
`public function set moduleFactory(value:IFlexModuleFactory):void`

### nestLevel

property

`nestLevel:int`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Depth of this object in the containment hierarchy. This number is used by the measurement and layout code. The value is 0 if this component is not on the DisplayList.

Implementation
`public function get nestLevel():int`
`public function set nestLevel(value:int):void`

### nonInheritingStyles

property

`nonInheritingStyles:Object`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The beginning of this UITextField's chain of non-inheriting styles. The `getStyle()` method accesses `nonInheritingStyles[styleName]` method to search the entire prototype-linked chain. This object is set up by the `initProtoChain()` method. You typically never need to access this property directly.

Implementation
`public function get nonInheritingStyles():Object`
`public function set nonInheritingStyles(value:Object):void`

### nonZeroTextHeight

property

`nonZeroTextHeight:Number` [read-only]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The height of the text, in pixels. Unlike the `textHeight` property, the `nonZeroTextHeight` property returns a non-zero value of what the height of the text would be, even if the text is empty.

Implementation
`public function get nonZeroTextHeight():Number`

### owner

property

`owner:DisplayObjectContainer`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

By default, set to the parent container of this object. However, if this object is a child component that is popped up by its parent, such as the dropdown list of a ComboBox control, the owner is the component that popped up this object.

This property is not managed by Flex, but by each component. Therefore, if you use the `PopUpManger.createPopUp()` or `PopUpManger.addPopUp()` method to pop up a child component, you should set the `owner` property of the child component to the component that popped it up.

The default value is the value of the `parent` property.

Implementation
`public function get owner():DisplayObjectContainer`
`public function set owner(value:DisplayObjectContainer):void`

### parent

property

`parent:DisplayObjectContainer` [read-only] [override]

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The parent container or component for this component.

Implementation
`override public function get parent():DisplayObjectContainer`

### percentHeight

property

`percentHeight:Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies the height of a component as a percentage of its parent's size. Allowed values are 0-100. The default value is NaN. Setting the `height` or `explicitHeight` properties resets this property to NaN.

This property returns a numeric value only if the property was previously set; it does not reflect the exact size of the component in percent.

This property is always set to NaN for the UITextField control.

When used with Spark layouts, this property is used to calculate the height of the component's bounds after scaling and rotation. For example if the component is rotated at 90 degrees, then specifying `percentHeight` will affect the component's width.

Implementation
`public function get percentHeight():Number`
`public function set percentHeight(value:Number):void`

### percentWidth

property

`percentWidth:Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Specifies the width of a component as a percentage of its parent's size. Allowed values are 0-100. The default value is NaN. Setting the `width` or `explicitWidth` properties resets this property to NaN.

This property returns a numeric value only if the property was previously set; it does not reflect the exact size of the component in percent.

This property is always set to NaN for the UITextField control.

When used with Spark layouts, this property is used to calculate the width of the component's bounds after scaling and rotation. For example if the component is rotated at 90 degrees, then specifying `percentWidth` will affect the component's height.

Implementation
`public function get percentWidth():Number`
`public function set percentWidth(value:Number):void`

### processedDescriptors

property

`processedDescriptors:Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Set to `true` after the `createChildren()` method creates any internal component children.

Implementation
`public function get processedDescriptors():Boolean`
`public function set processedDescriptors(value:Boolean):void`

### styleName

property

`styleName:Object`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The class style used by this component. This can be a String, CSSStyleDeclaration or an IStyleClient.

If this is a String, it is the name of one or more whitespace delimited class declarations in an `<fx:Style>` tag or CSS file. You do not include the period in the `styleName`. For example, if you have a class style named `".bigText"`, set the `styleName` property to `"bigText"` (no period).

If this is an IStyleClient (typically a UIComponent), all styles in the `styleName` object are used by this component.

Implementation
`public function get styleName():Object`
`public function set styleName(value:Object):void`

### systemManager

property

`systemManager:ISystemManager`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns the SystemManager object used by this component.

Implementation
`public function get systemManager():ISystemManager`
`public function set systemManager(value:ISystemManager):void`

### toolTip

property

`toolTip:String`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Text to display in the ToolTip.

Implementation
`public function get toolTip():String`
`public function set toolTip(value:String):void`

### tweeningProperties

property

`tweeningProperties:Array`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Array of properties that are currently being tweened on this object.

Used to alert the EffectManager that certain properties of this object are being tweened, so that the EffectManger doesn't attempt to animate the same properties.

Implementation
`public function get tweeningProperties():Array`
`public function set tweeningProperties(value:Array):void`

### updateCompletePendingFlag

property

`updateCompletePendingFlag:Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A flag that determines if an object has been through all three phases of layout validation (provided that any were required)

Implementation
`public function get updateCompletePendingFlag():Boolean`
`public function set updateCompletePendingFlag(value:Boolean):void`
Constructor Detail

### UIFTETextField

()
Constructor

`public function UIFTETextField()`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Constructor.

Method Detail

### getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight

()
method

`public function getExplicitOrMeasuredHeight():Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A convenience method for determining whether to use the explicit or measured height

Returns

| `Number` — A Number which is explicitHeight if defined or measuredHeight if not.

### getExplicitOrMeasuredWidth

()
method

`public function getExplicitOrMeasuredWidth():Number`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

A convenience method for determining whether to use the explicit or measured width

Returns

| `Number` — A Number which is explicitWidth if defined or measuredWidth if not.

### getStyle

()
method

`public function getStyle(styleProp:String):*`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Gets a style property that has been set anywhere in this component's style lookup chain.

This same method is used to get any kind of style property, so the value returned can be a Boolean, String, Number, int, uint (for an RGB color), Class (for a skin), or any kind of object. Therefore the return type is simply specified as *.

If you are getting a particular style property, you know its type and often want to store the result in a variable of that type. No casting from * to that type is necessary.

`var backgroundColor:uint = getStyle("backgroundColor");`

If the style property has not been set anywhere in the style lookup chain, the value returned by `getStyle()` is `undefined`. Note that `undefined` is a special value that is not the same as `false`, `""`, `NaN`, `0`, or `null`. No valid style value is ever `undefined`. You can use the method `IStyleManager2.isValidStyleValue()` to test whether the value was set.

Parameters

| `styleProp:String` — Name of the style property.

Returns

| `*` — Style value.

### getTextStyles

()
method

`public function getTextStyles():flash.text:TextFormat`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns the TextFormat object that represents character formatting information for this UITextField object.

Returns

| `flash.text:TextFormat` — A TextFormat object.

Related API Elements

flash.text.TextFormat

### getUITextFormat

()
method

`public function getUITextFormat():mx.core:UITextFormat`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns a UITextFormat object that contains formatting information for this component. This method is similar to the `getTextFormat()` method of the flash.text.TextField class, but it returns a UITextFormat object instead of a TextFormat object.

The UITextFormat class extends the TextFormat class to add the text measurement methods `measureText()` and `measureHTMLText()`.

Returns

| `mx.core:UITextFormat` — An object that contains formatting information for this component.

Related API Elements

mx.core.UITextFormat
flash.text.TextField

### initialize

()
method

`public function initialize():void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Initializes this component.

This method is required by the IUIComponent interface, but it actually does nothing for a UITextField.

### invalidateDisplayList

()
method

`public function invalidateDisplayList():void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Marks a component so that its `updateDisplayList()` method gets called during a later screen update.

Invalidation is a useful mechanism for eliminating duplicate work by delaying processing of changes to a component until a later screen update. For example, if you want to change the width and height, it would be wasteful to update the component immediately after you change the width and then update again with the new height. It is more efficient to change both properties and then render the component with its new size once.

Invalidation methods rarely get called. In general, setting a property on a component automatically calls the appropriate invalidation method.

### invalidateProperties

()
method

`public function invalidateProperties():void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Marks a component so that its `commitProperties()` method gets called during a later screen update.

Invalidation is a useful mechanism for eliminating duplicate work by delaying processing of changes to a component until a later screen update. For example, if you want to change the text color and size, it would be wasteful to update the color immediately after you change it and then update the size when it gets set. It is more efficient to change both properties and then render the text with its new size and color once.

Invalidation methods rarely get called. In general, setting a property on a component automatically calls the appropriate invalidation method.

### invalidateSize

()
method

`public function invalidateSize():void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Marks a component so that its `measure()` method gets called during a later screen update.

Invalidation is a useful mechanism for eliminating duplicate work by delaying processing of changes to a component until a later screen update. For example, if you want to change the text and font size, it would be wasteful to update the text immediately after you change it and then update the size when it gets set. It is more efficient to change both properties and then render the text with its new size once.

Invalidation methods rarely get called. In general, setting a property on a component automatically calls the appropriate invalidation method.

### move

()
method

`public function move(x:Number, y:Number):void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Moves the component to a specified position within its parent. Calling this method is exactly the same as setting the component's `x` and `y` properties.

If you are overriding the `updateDisplayList()` method in a custom component, call the `move()` method rather than setting the `x` and `y` properties. The difference is that the `move()` method changes the location of the component and then dispatches a `move` event when you call the method, while setting the `x` and `y` properties changes the location of the component and dispatches the event on the next screen refresh.

Parameters

| `x:Number` — Left position of the component within its parent.
| `y:Number` — Top position of the component within its parent.

### owns

()
method

`public function owns(child:DisplayObject):Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns `true` if the child is parented or owned by this object.

Parameters

| `child:DisplayObject` — The child DisplayObject.

Returns

| `Boolean` — `true` if the child is parented or owned by this UITextField object.

Related API Elements

owner

### parentChanged

()
method

`public function parentChanged(p:DisplayObjectContainer):void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

This function is called when a UITextField object is assigned a parent. You typically never need to call this method.

Parameters

| `p:DisplayObjectContainer` — The parent of this UITextField object.

### replayAutomatableEvent

()
method

`public function replayAutomatableEvent(event:Event):Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Replays the specified event. A component author should probably call super.replayAutomatableEvent in case default replay behavior has been defined in a superclass.

Parameters

| `event:Event` — The event to replay.

Returns

| `Boolean` — `true` if a replay was successful.

### setActualSize

()
method

`public function setActualSize(w:Number, h:Number):void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Sizes the object. Unlike directly setting the `width` and `height` properties, calling the `setActualSize()` method does not set the `explictWidth` and `explicitHeight` properties, so a future layout calculation can result in the object returning to its previous size. This method is used primarily by component developers implementing the `updateDisplayList()` method, by Effects, and by the LayoutManager.

Parameters

| `w:Number` — Width of the object.
| `h:Number` — Height of the object.

### setColor

()
method

`public function setColor(color:uint):void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Sets the font color of the text.

Parameters

| `color:uint` — The new font color.

### setFocus

()
method

`public function setFocus():void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Sets the focus to this component. The component can in turn pass focus to a subcomponent.

Note: Only the TextInput and TextArea controls show a highlight when this method sets the focus. All controls show a highlight when the user tabs to the control.

### setStyle

()
method

`public function setStyle(styleProp:String, value:*):void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Does nothing. A UITextField cannot have inline styles.

Parameters

| `styleProp:String` — n/a
| `value:*` — n/a

### setVisible

()
method

`public function setVisible(visible:Boolean, noEvent:Boolean = false):void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Sets the `visible` property of this UITextField object.

Parameters

| `visible:Boolean` — `true` to make this UITextField visible, and `false` to make it invisible.
| `noEvent:Boolean` (default = `false`)`` — `true` to suppress generating an event when you change visibility.

### styleChanged

()
method

`public function styleChanged(styleProp:String):void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Detects changes to style properties. When any style property is set, Flex calls the `styleChanged()` method, passing to it the name of the style being set.

This is an advanced method that you might override when creating a subclass of UIComponent. When you create a custom component, you can override the `styleChanged()` method to check the style name passed to it, and handle the change accordingly. This lets you override the default behavior of an existing style, or add your own custom style properties.

If you handle the style property, your override of the `styleChanged()` method should call the `invalidateDisplayList()` method to cause Flex to execute the component's `updateDisplayList()` method at the next screen update.

Parameters

| `styleProp:String` — The name of the style property, or null if all styles for this component have changed.

### truncateToFit

()
method

`public function truncateToFit(truncationIndicator:String = null):Boolean`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Truncate text to make it fit horizontally in the area defined for the control, and append an ellipsis, three periods (...), to the text.

Parameters

| `truncationIndicator:String` (default = `null`)`` — The text to be appended after truncation. If you pass `null`, a localizable string such as `"..."` will be used.

Returns

| `Boolean` — `true` if the text needed truncation.

### validateNow

()
method

`public function validateNow():void`

Language Version: | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version: | Flex 4

Runtime Versions: | Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Validate and update the properties and layout of this object and redraw it, if necessary. Processing properties that require substantial computation are normally not processed until the script finishes executing. For example setting the `width` property is delayed, because it can require recalculating the widths of the objects children or its parent. Delaying the processing prevents it from being repeated multiple times if the script sets the `width` property more than once. This method lets you manually override this behavior.

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