Yeah, sorry. You need the pixel position of a character, and I have not seen anything that would return this.
Maybe the Flash guys will have an idea. I am not confident, but they have amazed me before. Tracy -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pkleppner Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:56 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: TextArea hit-testing Tracy, thanks but that article doesn't seem to address my question. I understand how to get a mouse position; the tricky part is, given a mouse position, determining exactly which character in the text field is at a given mouse pixel position. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/nhFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/