textArea.textHeight for the whole textheight in pixels
or textArea.getLineMetrics(0).height would only return the height of line nr. 0. Hth, Sascha _____ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of richmcgillicuddy Sent: Monday, 08 January, 2007 12:45 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Lines in a TextArea I have a TextArea and want to know how many lines the text is. Better yet, a simple height number on how much height the text (actually htmltext) takes up. Is there a way to do this? Rich