- What You Will Learn
- Approximate Time
- Lesson Files
- Using the Text Tool
- Understanding Static Text and Device Fonts
- Adding Static Text to a Document
- Using Embedded Fonts
- Looking at Font Properties
- Adding a Timeline Effect to a Text Field
- Spell Check Your Document
- Using Text-Based Components
- Understanding Dynamic Text Fields
- What You Have Learned
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Using Text-Based Components
One of the ways you will add text to the Tech Bookstore application in upcoming lessons is by using text components. Text components include the TextArea and TextInput components. TextArea is used when you need to display larger blocks of text that can be scrolled. TextInput is when you need to have users enter data into a text field that can be collected and used. In some ways, these two components are replacements for the dynamic and input text fields discussed earlier. A drawback of using TextArea and TextInput instead of dynamic or input text fields is a greater file size, and sometimes you have to write or use more ActionScript to get them to work the way you need them to. The advantage of using these components is the wealth of things you can do using them, and the scroll bars that are automatically attached to the field.