<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/10/26/aligning-text-vertically-within-an-fxtextarea-control-in-flex-gumbo/ --> <FxApplication name="FxTextArea_verticalAlign_test" xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"> <layout> <BasicLayout /> </layout> <Style> FxTextArea { verticalAlign: justify; } </Style> <Declarations> <String id="lorem" source="data/lorem.txt" /> </Declarations> <Group horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"> <FxTextArea id="textArea" text="{lorem}" widthInChars="80" heightInLines="25" /> </Group> </FxApplication>