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flashx.textLayout.edit 

TextScrap  - AS3

Packageflashx.textLayout.edit
Classpublic class TextScrap
InheritanceTextScrap Inheritance Object

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The TextScrap class represents a fragment of a text flow.

A TextScrap is a holding place for all or part of a TextFlow. A range of text can be copied from a TextFlow into a TextScrap, and pasted from the TextScrap into another TextFlow.

Related API Elements



Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
  textFlow : flashx.textLayout.elements:TextFlow
[read-only] Gets the TextFlow that is currently in the TextScrap.
TextScrap
Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
  
Creates a TextScrap object.
TextScrap
  
Creates a duplicate copy of this TextScrap object.
TextScrap
  
[static] Creates a TextScrap object from a range of text represented by a TextRange object.
TextScrap
 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
Property Detail

textFlow

property
textFlow:flashx.textLayout.elements:TextFlow  [read-only]

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Gets the TextFlow that is currently in the TextScrap.



Implementation
    public function get textFlow():flashx.textLayout.elements:TextFlow
Constructor Detail

TextScrap

()Constructor
public function TextScrap(textFlow:flashx.textLayout.elements:TextFlow = null)

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Creates a TextScrap object.

Use the createTextScrap() method to create a TextScrap object from a range of text represented by a TextRange object.

Parameters
textFlow:flashx.textLayout.elements:TextFlow (default = null) — if set, the new TextScrap object contains the entire text flow. Otherwise, the TextScrap object is empty.
Method Detail

clone

()method
public function clone():flashx.textLayout.edit:TextScrap

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Creates a duplicate copy of this TextScrap object.

Returns
flashx.textLayout.edit:TextScrap — TextScrap A copy of this TextScrap.

createTextScrap

()method 
public static function createTextScrap(range:flashx.textLayout.elements:TextRange):flashx.textLayout.edit:TextScrap

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Creates a TextScrap object from a range of text represented by a TextRange object.

Parameters

range:flashx.textLayout.elements:TextRange — the TextRange object representing the range of text to copy.

Returns
flashx.textLayout.edit:TextScrap

isPlainText

()method 
tlf_internal function isPlainText():Boolean

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Returns true if the text is plain text (not formatted)

Returns
Boolean

setPlainText

()method 
tlf_internal function setPlainText(plainText:Boolean):void

Marks the TextScrap's content as being either plain or formatted

Parameters

plainText:Boolean
Constant Detail

MERGE_TO_NEXT_ON_PASTE

Constant
tlf_internal static const MERGE_TO_NEXT_ON_PASTE:String = "mergeToNextOnPaste"