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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript classes > TextField > background (TextField.background property)

background (TextField.background property)

Specifies if the text field has a background fill. If true, the text field has a background fill. If false, the text field has no background fill.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6

Example

The following example creates a text field with a background color that toggles on and off when nearly any key on the keyboard is pressed.

this.createTextField("my_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 320, 240);
my_txt.border = true;
my_txt.text = "Lorum ipsum";
my_txt.backgroundColor = 0xFF0000;

var keyListener:Object = new Object();
keyListener.onKeyDown = function() {
    my_txt.background = !my_txt.background;
};
Key.addListener(keyListener);

The MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method used in this example requires Flash Player 7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components' DepthManager class instead of the MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() method.

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