TextArea.vPosition

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).

Edition

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

textAreaInstance.vPosition

Description

Property; defines the vertical scroll position of text in a text area. This property is useful for directing users to a specific paragraph in a long passage, or creating scrolling text areas. You can get and set this property. The default value is 0.

Example

The following example loads text into the TextArea called my_ta and sets the vPosition property to display the text at the bottom.

You must first add an instance of the TextArea component to the Stage and name it my_ta; then add the following code to Frame 1.

/**
 Requires:
  - TextArea instance on Stage (instance name: my_ta)
*/

var my_ta:mx.controls.TextArea;

my_ta.setSize(320, 240);

// Load text to display and define onData handler.
var my_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
my_lv.onData = function(src:String) {
 if (src != undefined) {
  my_ta.text = src;
  my_ta.vPosition = my_ta.maxVPosition;
 } else {
  trace("Error loading text.");
 }
};
my_lv.load("http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/lorem.txt")