Background color of a text box? 1

[DeepBlerg]

Hi,

Does anyone know if its possible to set a background colour to a dynamic text box without having to place a colored box behind the text?

Alternatively, if not, is there a way in actionscript to specify a symbol's width to be equal with the width of a dynamic text box.

Thanks in advance!

 

[oldnewbie]

You can in MX.

But guess you want this for 5, right? Regards,

 

[DeepBlerg]

yep thats right, is it possible in 5?

 

[oldnewbie]

Think a colored box (in fact in a movie clip) is the only way it can be achieved. You could play with the clip's visibility... But why would you want to change it's size with AS? Regards,

 

[DeepBlerg]

Ok the problem is scrolling text that needs to be updated by the user via web form. which will be in a .txt file, loaded into flash. Because the width of the text box will be undeterminable due to the user inputting the text and changing it i need a background box/color to resize to the width of the text box and thus scroll with the text and form a background behind the text.

 

[oldnewbie]

To my knowledge you can't dynamically change the size of a textbox. In 5, it is set in the Flash movie once and for all. You can change the content when loading a new textfile, but scroll buttons should take care of the rest. The textbox itself won't become any wider than it was. Regards,

 

[DeepBlerg]

Ah I see, so what would be the way in FlashMX?

 

[oldnewbie]

In MX you now have the textfield object, so you can change it's properties as any other symbol.

my_text._width = 400;
my_text.backgroundColor = 0xFF0000; Regards,

 

[DeepBlerg]

cheers mate