Jason:
Absolutely true.
However you can put the textAlign="left" in the mxml.
If the developer does that I want to leave it alone, otherwise I may
want to override it in certain cases.
Paul
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "jmfillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> The textAlign property has a default that is always set to "left",
> unless you specifically set it to something else.
>
> Jason
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote:
> >
> > Jason:
> >
> > I don't think that would get me what I need.
> >
> > Unfortunately the thing I want to do is determine if the
textAlign
> > property was explicitly set in the mxml. If it is set in the
mxml,
> I
> > will leave it be, otherwise, I may change it.
> >
> > Thanks for the input though.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "jmfillman" <jmfillman@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Paul,
> > >
> > > Off the top of my head, I can't think of any way to
inheritantly
> > > determine whether or not the default has been changed.
> > >
> > > What I would suggest is setting a boolean variable, and then
> > whenever
> > > in your code you modify the textAlign property, change the
> variable
> > > so you can check against it going forward.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <pauls@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Jason:
> > > >
> > > > That works great. Thanks for the info.
> > > >
> > > > That still leaves one question,
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way of telling if the textAlign attribute is at
its
> > > > default (left) state or was it set in the mxml (or
> > > programmatically)
> > > > to "left"?
> > > >
> > > > What I am trying to do is override default behavior in my
> > extended
> > > > TextInput, but if someone actually specifies textAlign="left"
I
> > > > don't want to override that.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "jmfillman" <jmfillman@>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul,
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe that the answer to your original question is that
> you
> > > > need
> > > > > to use setStyle().
> > > > >
> > > > > For example:
> > > > >
> > > > > <mx:TextInput id="myTextInput"/>
> > > > >
> > > > > private function textAlign():void{
> > > > > myTextInput.setStyle("textAlign", "center");
> > > > > }
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason
> > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <pauls@>
wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well I found the answer, but I have another question or
two.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The answer is this.nonInheritingStyles.textAlign.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One new question is how can I tell whether this value is
> the
> > > > > default
> > > > > > value, or a value set by the mxml?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If I change the value during run time, it doesn't seem to
> > honor
> > > > the
> > > > > > new value. How can I go about making this happen?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Paul
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "aceoohay" <pauls@>
> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I am trying to extend the TextInput class and one thing
I
> > > > would
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > > to do is check the current value of the textAlign
> > attribute,
> > > > and
> > > > > > > change it if needed.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I access the other attributes that I need using the
> syntax
> > > > > > > this.attributeName such as this.maxChars, I cannot,
> however
> > > > > access
> > > > > > > this.textAlign. The compiler barfs with error 1119
Access
> > of
> > > > > > possibly
> > > > > > > undefined property...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > It also doesn't appear in the intellisense for
the "this"
> > > > keyword
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > > my extended class. It does appear in the intellisense
for
> > the
> > > > > > > <mx:TextInput> tag.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Paul
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
