That’s cool! Thanks.
May I know how to limit characters per line instead in a textarea and to be able to save the value entered as it is, meaning the space and empty lines are included in the array?
Been trying to figure that out.
Thanks.

if( numLines > numLinesAllowed )
{
var lines:Array = ObjectUtil.copy( this.textField.text ) .split(“\r”);
var lineCount:int = 0;
var lineIndex:int = 0;
var currentLine:String;
this.textField.text = ”;

while( lineCount 0 ) {
this.textField.text += currentLine;
lineCount++;

if( lineCount == 1 ) {
this.textField.text += ‘\r’;
}

if( lineCount == 2 ) {
this.selectionBeginIndex = this.length;
this.selectionEndIndex = this.length;
}
}
lineIndex++;
}
}
}

Please help me.

Thanks

Try something like the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application name="TextArea_tabStops_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            private function init1():void {
                var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
                tf.tabStops = [100, 200, 300, 400];

                textArea1.mx_internal::getTextField().setTextFormat(tf);
            }

            private function init3():void {
                textArea3.htmlText = "<TEXTFORMAT TABSTOPS='100,200,300,400'><P>The quick<TAB/>brown fox<TAB/>jumps over<TAB/>the lazy<TAB/>dog.</P><P>The<TAB/>quick brown<TAB/>fox jumps<TAB/>over the<TAB/>lazy dog.</P></TEXTFORMAT>";
            }

            private function init4():void {
                var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
                tf.tabStops = [100, 200, 300, 400];

                textArea4.mx_internal::getTextField().defaultTextFormat = tf;
                textArea4.text = "The quick\\tbrown fox\\tjumps over\\tthe lazy\\tdog.\\nThe\\tquick brown\\tfox jumps\\tover the\\tlazy dog.";

                textArea4.validateNow();
                trace(textArea4.htmlText);
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:TextArea id="textArea1"
            condenseWhite="true"
            width="500"
            creationComplete="init1();">
        <mx:htmlText>
            <![CDATA[
                <p>The quick<tab/>brown fox<tab/>jumps over<tab/>the lazy<tab/>dog.</p><p>The<tab/>quick brown<tab/>fox jumps<tab/>over the<tab/>lazy dog.</p>
            ]]>
        </mx:htmlText>
    </mx:TextArea>

    <mx:TextArea id="textArea2"
            condenseWhite="true"
            width="500">
        <mx:htmlText>
            <![CDATA[
                <TEXTFORMAT TABSTOPS="100,200,300,400"><P>The quick<TAB/>brown fox<TAB/>jumps over<TAB/>the lazy<TAB/>dog.</P><P>The<TAB/>quick brown<TAB/>fox jumps<TAB/>over the<TAB/>lazy dog.</P></TEXTFORMAT>
            ]]>
        </mx:htmlText>
    </mx:TextArea>

    <mx:TextArea id="textArea3"
            condenseWhite="true"
            width="500"
            initialize="init3();" />

    <mx:TextArea id="textArea4"
            width="500"
            initialize="init4();" />

</mx:Application>

Peter

Can you please give me an example of how to assign “tabStops” format property to textarea control?

Thanks,
Karthik

You can file an enhancement request to make the property public at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/. That won’t guarantee that it will happen, but it will at least show Adobe there is interest.

It may possibly have been made internal if it was “expensive” to calculate, so they didn’t want to expose it too easily. You could also try extending the TextArea control and making this value public in your custom component.

Peter