http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-26T10:48:32 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/controls/TextArea.html#82223 I create an TextArea instance and put some text in it. After that, I set some formats within the text (parts are bold, italic, etc.) If I disable my instance (instance.enabled = false) then enable it again (instance.enabled = true), all my formats are gone.<br /><br />According to LiveDocs, the text color changes when it's disabled, so I guess enabling it again formats the text. The "workaround" I found is to create a copy of htmlText before I disable the instance (var copy:String = instance.htmlText;) and then put it back when I enable the instance (instance.htmlText = copy;).<br /><br />Is there another workaround where I don't need to do that?<br /><br />Thanks. Yvon L 0 0 2008-03-22T19:29:01