Try getting the rect later (Put a button somewhere and click it after
everything is finished loading) to make sure the UITextField doesn't just
need to be refreshed first. If that doesn't work, I'd file a bug if I were
you.
- Dan Freiman
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:20 AM, b_alen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems a bit ridiculous but it's true. Not just that you have to use
> all sorts of hacks to get access to good old TextField (IUITextField)
> in Flex in order to even think of accessing characters' Rectangles.
> Once you do manage to cut your way through, you get a very nasty
> disappointment that IUITextField.getCharBounds() works perfectly in
> Flex Web apps, but returns some bizarre incorrect values when running
> on AIR.
>
> If anyone has any suggestion, I'd really appreciate it very much.
> We're in terrible deadline and this is one of the crucial functionalities.
>
> var tf:TextAreaExtended = new TextAreaExtended();
> tf._textField.text = "dsfsdf sfd sf dsf sfdsd fdsfdsfdsfdsfdsf fds";
> addChild(tf);
> var rect:Rectangle = tf._textField.getCharBoundaries(20);
>
> // I get values for rect.left something like 0.58888888888888888
> // same goes for other rect properties, very weird.
>
> // extended TextArea which gives access to TextField
> package
> {
> import mx.controls.TextArea;
> import mx.core.IUITextField;
>
> public class TextAreaExtended extends TextArea
> {
> public function TextAreaExtended()
> {
> createChildren();
>
> }
>
> public function get _textField():IUITextField{
> return textField;
> }
> }
> }
>
>
>
