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Using ActionScript 3.0 Components > Using the UI Components > Using TextInput

Using TextInput

The TextInput component is a single-line text component that is a wrapper for the native ActionScript TextField object. If you need a multiline text field, use the TextArea component. For example, you could use a TextInput component as a password field in a form. You could also set up a listener that checks whether the field has enough characters when a user tabs out of the field. That listener could display an error message indicating that the proper number of characters must be entered.

You can set the textFormat property using the setStyle() method to change the style of text that appears in a TextInput instance. A TextInput component can also be formatted with HTML or as a password field that disguises the text.

Related topics

• User interaction with TextInput
• TextInput parameters
• Creating an application with TextInput

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