input text field CAPS - UPPERCASE

[jonperks]

I have certain text fields that I want to only accept uppercase text, I dont mean that they have to have caps lock on....

I am looking for a way that regardless to if they type with caps lock on or off it gets entered in uppercase?

Hope that makes sense

thanks in advance....

 

[pixl8r]

stringName.toUpperCase()

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[jonperks]

Unfortunately not, as that will convert it once it has been entered, I need it entered in uppercase in the first place, but I cant restrict the user to uppercase letters as I want them to be able to enter the text regardless of them typing with capslock or not.

If I'm wrong please let me know...

Thanks.

 

[jonperks]

I've done it by calling the toUpperCase with onClipEvent (enterFrame)

But this seems a little glitchy, flickers a bit...

Is there no better way?

 

[pixl8r]

Perhaps you should let them type it in lower case and then convert it when the field loses focus? Just a thought. The other thing you could do (in theory) is only embed the uppercase font outlines.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[billwatson]

what about

my_text.onChanged = function(){
this.text = this.text.toUpperCase()
}

 

[kennethkawamoto]

You can do:

[tt]//
txtX.onChanged = function():Void {
txtX.text = txtX.text.toUpperCase();
};
//[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Hey you've beaten me by a whisker, Bill!

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[jonperks]

Brilliant Thanks!