Sets text based on content within span tags. This function is intended for use during mxml compiled import.

Receives the String of text that this SpanElement object holds.

The text of a span does not include the carriage return (CR) at the end of the paragraph but it is included in the value of textLength .

Constructor - creates a SpanElement object to hold a run of text in a paragraph.

package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.text.engine.FontPosture;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.DisplayObjectContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.container.IContainerController;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.ParagraphElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.SpanElement;
    import flashx.textLayout.elements.TextFlow;
    import flashx.textLayout.formats.CharacterFormat;
    import flashx.textLayout.edit.EditManager;

    public class SpanElementExample extends Sprite
    {
        public function SpanElementExample()
        {
            var textFlow:TextFlow = new TextFlow();
            var editManager:EditManager = new EditManager();
            var p:ParagraphElement = new ParagraphElement();
            var spanHello:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
            var spanWorld:SpanElement = new SpanElement();

            spanHello.text = "Hello, ";
            spanHello.fontSize = 48;
            spanWorld.text = "World!";
            spanWorld.fontSize = 56;
            spanWorld.fontStyle = FontPosture.ITALIC;

            p.addChild(spanHello);
            p.addChild(spanWorld);
            textFlow.interactionManager = editManager;
            textFlow.addChild(p);
            
            textFlow.flowComposer.addController(new DisplayObjectContainerController(this,400,200));
            textFlow.flowComposer.updateAllContainers();
        }
    }
}

Updates the text in text span based on the specified start and end positions. To insert text, set the end position equal to the start position. To append text to the existing text in the span, set the start position and the end position equal to the length of the existing text.

The replaced text includes the start character and up to but not including the end character.

Parameters

Splits this SpanElement object at the specified position and returns a new SpanElement object for the content that follows the specified position.

This method throws an error if you attempt to split a surrogate pair. In Unicode UTF-16, a surrogate pair is a pair of 16-bit code units (a high code unit and a low code unit) that represent one of the abstract Unicode characters that cannot be represented in a single 16-bit word. The 16-bit high code unit is in the range of D800 to DBFF. The 16-bit low code unit is in the range of DC00 to DFFF.

Parameters