Supported CSS properties

Flash Player supports a subset of properties in the original CSS1 specification (www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1). The following table shows the supported CSS properties and values as well as their corresponding ActionScript property names. (Each ActionScript property name is derived from the corresponding CSS property name; the hyphen is omitted and the subsequent character is capitalized.)

CSS property

ActionScript property

Usage and supported values

text-align

textAlign

Recognized values are left, center, right, and justify.

font-size

fontSize

Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.

text-decoration

textDecoration

Recognized values are none and underline.

margin-left

marginLeft

Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.

margin-right

marginRight

Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.

font-weight

fontWeight

Recognized values are normal and bold.

kerning

kerning

Recognized values are true and false.

font-style

fontStyle

Recognized values are normal and italic.

letter-spacing

letterSpacing

Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.

text-indent

textIndent

Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.

font-family

fontFamily

A comma-separated list of fonts to use, in descending order of desirability. Any font family name can be used. If you specify a generic font name, it is converted to an appropriate device font. The following font conversions are available: mono is converted to _typewriter, sans-serif is converted to _sans, and serif is converted to _serif.

color

color

Only hexadecimal color values are supported. Named colors (such as blue) are not supported. Colors are written in the following format: #FF0000.

display

display

Supported values are inline, block, and none.

CSS property	ActionScript property	Usage and supported values
text-align	textAlign	Recognized values are `left`, `center`, right, and `justify`.
font-size	fontSize	Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.
text-decoration	textDecoration	Recognized values are `none` and `underline`.
margin-left	marginLeft	Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.
margin-right	marginRight	Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.
font-weight	fontWeight	Recognized values are `normal` and `bold`.
kerning	kerning	Recognized values are `true` and `false`.
font-style	fontStyle	Recognized values are `normal` and `italic`.
letter-spacing	letterSpacing	Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.
text-indent	textIndent	Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent.
font-family	fontFamily	A comma-separated list of fonts to use, in descending order of desirability. Any font family name can be used. If you specify a generic font name, it is converted to an appropriate device font. The following font conversions are available: `mono` is converted to `_typewriter`, `sans-serif` is converted to `_sans`, and `serif` is converted to `_serif`.
color	color	Only hexadecimal color values are supported. Named colors (such as `blue`) are not supported. Colors are written in the following format: `#FF0000`.
display	display	Supported values are `inline`, `block`, and `none`.

For an example of using styles on XML elements, see An example of using styles with XML.

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