ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

TextField._rotation Property

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To include the \, ^, or – characters, use \\\\, \\^, and \\–. For example, the following code

restricts text entry to the letters a–z and the characters \, ^, and –:

theField_txt.restrict = "a-z\\^\\-\\\\";

The restrict property does not limit text changes made by a script; it applies to user input

only. That is, the

text and htmlText properties can be set to any value, regardless of

restrict’s limitations. Also, restrict does not dictate which characters are exported as

font outlines with the movie; it merely limits text entry. Font outline export can be set via

the authoring tool only, using the Character button in the text field Property inspector. See

TextField.embedFonts for details on exporting fonts.

Bugs

Setting restrict to the empty string ("") should entirely disable text input; however, in

Flash Player 6, it allows any character to be entered, exactly as if

restrict were set to null.

To disable input entirely, set the field’s

type property to “dynamic” and its selectable

property to false.

See Also

TextField.embedFonts, TextField.maxChars, TextField.password, TextField.selectable,

TextField.type; “Unicode-style escape sequences,” in Chapter 4; Appendix B

TextField._rotation Property

rotation, in degrees, of a text field ...