ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

TextField.selectable Property

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See Also

TextField.bottomScroll, TextField.hscroll, TextField.maxhscroll, TextField.scroll; the

FScrollBar component in Appendix G

TextField.selectable Property

Boolean; enables or disables selection by the user

Flash 6

read/write

theField.selectable

Description

The Boolean selectable property governs whether the characters in theField can be

selected by the user. By default, all text fields can be selected (

selectable is true). To create

a nonselectable text field for display only, set its

selectable property to false:

this.createTextField("output_txt", 1, 0, 0, 200, 20);

output_txt.selectable = false;

output_txt.text = "This is output only.";

To create a text field that can receive user input, set its type property to “input” and ensure

that

selectable is true:

this.createTextField("input_txt", 1, 0, 0, 200, 20);

input_txt.selectable = true;

input_txt.border = true;

input_txt.type = "input";

input_txt.text = "This field can accept input.";

When selectable is false, a field cannot receive user input, nor can it be focused by the

user. However, a text field can always be focused and selected programmatically with the

Selection object, regardless of the value of its

selectable property.

See Also

The Selection object, TextField.maxChars ...