Scrollbars in Flash 8
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From: sprecks1 on 13 Mar 2006 07:50 I've got a text field in flash 8 that I have set to dynamic and scrollable and I was under the impression all i had to do to get a scrollbar was to drag the component onto the textfield and set the Instance Name of the _targetInstanceName to the name of the Instance Name used for the textfield. This isn't working tho, and i'm not sure if its a glitch, or should I be using some sort of actionscript or something?
From: David Stiller on 13 Mar 2006 08:31 sprecks1, > I've got a text field in flash 8 that I have set to dynamic and > scrollable I'm not sure what you mean by "set to ... scrollable." In my Properties inspector for text fields, I see Single, Multiline, and Multiline no wrap. > I was under the impression all i had to do to get a scrollbar > was to drag the component onto the textfield and set the > Instance Name of the _targetInstanceName to the name of > the Instance Name used for the textfield. To test just now, I used the Text Tool to draw a smallish rectangle. I made this text field dynamic and multiline, then gave it the instance name myText. I dragged the UIScrollBar Component to the Stage, hovered it over the text field, then let go. To add more text than the text field could display at one time, I use the following ActionScript (in a frame) ... myText.text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet ..."; .... where my text content was, of course, much longer. Upon testing the SWF, I see the scroll bar correctly scrolling my text. David stiller (at) quip (dot) net "Luck is the residue of good design."
From: sprecks1 on 13 Mar 2006 09:24 when you have the move tool selected, you can right-click on a dynamic text field and make it scrollable so that you can choose the size of your text field and have the text scroll. i just don't know how to link this scrollable text with the scrollbar ui component
From: David Stiller on 13 Mar 2006 10:27 sprecks1, > when you have the move tool selected, you can right-click > on a dynamic text field and make it scrollable Interesting. You're absoutely right. I guess this is related somehow to the TextField.scroll property, or other related properties. I'll have to do some more research. At first glance, that setting makes no difference .... I can grab the text in a dynamic text field -- from a SWF, I mean -- and drag to scroll, and I can use the mouse wheel to scroll whether or not that setting is true or false. > i just don't know how to link this scrollable text with the > scrollbar ui component Did you follow the same steps I outlined in my test? David stiller (at) quip (dot) net "Luck is the residue of good design."
From: sprecks1 on 15 Mar 2006 05:53
yeah, i tried it, and i tried your original method from scratch to and couldn't get it to work, its prob something really simple i'm missing all i get is a big white box up the side of my text, with no arrows or scrolling bar, so i know i'm half way there, but dont quite have it yet |