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flash.text 

TextInteractionMode  - AS3

Packageflash.text
Classpublic final class TextInteractionMode
InheritanceTextInteractionMode Inheritance Object

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: AIR 1.0, Flash Player 11

A class that defines the Interactive mode of a text field object.



Public Properties
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 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
Public Methods
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 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
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 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
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Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
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 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
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Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
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 Inherited
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
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Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
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Public Constants
 ConstantDefined By
  NORMAL : String = "normal"
[static] The text field's default interaction mode is NORMAL and it varies across platform.
TextInteractionMode
  SELECTION : String = "selection"
[static] On mobile platforms like Android, the text field starts in normal mode(which implies scroll and non-selectable mode).
TextInteractionMode
Constant Detail

NORMAL

Constant
public static const NORMAL:String = "normal"

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: AIR 1.0, Flash Player 11

The text field's default interaction mode is NORMAL and it varies across platform. On Desktop, the normal mode implies that the text field is in scrollable + selection mode. On Mobile platforms like Android, normal mode implies that the text field can only be scrolled but the text can not be selected.

SELECTION

Constant 
public static const SELECTION:String = "selection"

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: AIR 1.0, Flash Player 11

On mobile platforms like Android, the text field starts in normal mode(which implies scroll and non-selectable mode). The user can switch to selection mode through the in-built context menu of the text field object.