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Setting word wrapping on the Spark TextArea control in Flex 4

by Peter deHaan on February 4, 2009

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The following example shows how you can set word wrapping on a Flex 4 Spark TextArea control by setting the lineBreak style to one of the static constants in the LineBreak class (flashx.textLayout.formats.LineBreak):

  • toFit (LineBreak.TO_FIT): For lines that wrap to fit to the container width.
  • explicit (LineBreak.EXPLICIT): For lines that break only at explicit return/line feeds.

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Setting the leading on a Text control in Flex

by Peter deHaan on May 31, 2008

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The following examples show how you can set the text leading (additional vertical space between lines of text) on a Flex Text control by setting the leading style using MXML, CSS or ActionScript.

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