In ActionScript™ 3.0, text is usually displayed within a text field, but can occasionally appear as a property of an item on the display list (for example, as the label on a UI component). This chapter explains how to work with the script-defined contents of a text field and with user input, dynamic text from a remote file, or static text defined in Adobe® Flash™ CS3 Professional. As an ActionScript 3.0 programmer, you can establish specific content for text fields, or designate the source for the text, and then set the appearance of that text using styles and formats. You can also respond to user events as the user inputs text or clicks a hyperlink.

Contents

• Basics of working with text
• Displaying text
• Selecting and manipulating text
• Capturing text input
• Restricting text input
• Formatting text
• Advanced text rendering
• Working with static text
• Example: Newspaper-style text formatting