public _visible : Boolean

A Boolean value that indicates whether the text field my_txt is visible. Text fields that are not visible (_visible property set to false) are disabled.

Example

The following example creates a text field called my_txt. A button called visible_btn toggles the visibility(of my_txt.

this.createTextField("my_txt", 1, 10, 10, 200, 22);
my_txt.background = true;
my_txt.backgroundColor = 0xDFDFDF;
my_txt.border = true;
my_txt.type = "input";

visible_btn.onRelease = function() {
    my_txt._visible = !my_txt._visible;
};

See also

_visible (Button._visible property), _visible (MovieClip._visible property)