8.4. Creating a Background for a Text Field
Problem
You want to make a visible background behind the text in a text field.
Solution
Set the text field’s background
property to true
. Additionally, you can change the
color of the background by setting the object’s
backgroundColor
property.
Discussion
Text fields lack a visible background by default (in other words, the
background is transparent). However, you can create a background for
a text field by setting the background
property to
true
for that object:
myTextField.background = true;
By default, the background for a text field is white (if made
visible). You can, however, assign the background color by setting
the value of the object’s
backgroundColor
property, which accepts a hex RGB
value corresponding to the desired color:
myTextField.backgroundColor = 0x00FFFF; // Set the background to light blue.
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