What you can do is put a layer above your text in the same color as you text background and fade out the overlayer.
-----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of camlinaeizerous Sent: maandag 11 december 2006 17:41 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: fading htmlText - doesn't fade with my other stuff in my VBox, why how to fi For text ot be effected you need to use embedded text. --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, "ben.clinkinbeard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > System fonts cannot be faded. I believe that has always been the case. > Try Dissolve instead of Fade. > > HTH, > Ben > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, {reduxdj} <dj@> wrote: > > > > I don' know why this does this, but seems ol flash 8 was plagued by > this > > issue. I'm fading a VBox with htmlText, problem is that my textfields > > don't fade too... any ideas how to work around this one? > > > > > > thanks, > > Patrick > > >