And since you don't need the scrollbars, use a normal TextField instead of a TextArea.
regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Flashcoders mailing list'" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:09 PM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] TextArea - Impossible requests? > For the first problem, how about adding a number of blank lines to the end > of the news story so the total number of lines is a multiple of the > TextArea's visible page size to allow a full scroll? > > -Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miles > Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:56 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] TextArea - Impossible requests? > > Dear All, > > I'm working on a "daily news" site - headlines display on left, and when > one clicks on a given headline the story loads on the right. I'm using the > UI TextArea component to display the story. > > All is well, but as usual, customer has tossed a couple of curves. > > 1. When there is only a fragment of the story left to display, say 15 > additional lines for example, and the reader scrolls down, the TextArea > scrolls only 15 lines. What the customer wants is a full scroll so that the > next line appears at the top of the story, with white space below. > > 2. At customer's request NextPage and PrevPage buttons were added to the > movie to scroll the TextArea; they've been programmed to turn on and off, > etc. in response to .scroll, .maxscroll and .vPosition information provided > by the TextArea. Now the customer does not want the ScrollBar to show at > all, but to use these buttons only. > > Relating to 1. - Can one force a full scroll, say 28 lines, when there are > only 15 lines remaining? I've tried resetting .maxscool, forcing .vPosition > to an unrealistic values, incrementing .scroll in a loop. Nope, Have not > been able to do it. Has anyone, or do I revert to the MX control? > > Relating to 2. Is there a property to set somewhere which will permanently > hide the scroll bar? I've not been able to find one, but possibly someone > knows a hidden or undocumented property. (Cripes, this is a ridiculous > question! Let's roll everything back to Flash 3!) > > Sorry to be asking these questions. When we moved to MX 2004 thought I had > the solution to my text problems by the tail. Now it's turning and biting. > > Regards - Miles Thompson > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
