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flashx.textLayout.events 

ScrollEvent  - AS3

Packageflashx.textLayout.events
Classpublic class ScrollEvent
InheritanceScrollEvent Inheritance TextLayoutEvent Inheritance Event Inheritance Object

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Represents events that are dispatched when the TextFlow does automatic scrolling.



Public Properties
 PropertyDefined By
 Inheritedbubbles : Boolean
[read-only] Indicates whether an event is a bubbling event.
Event
 Inheritedcancelable : Boolean
[read-only] Indicates whether the behavior associated with the event can be prevented.
Event
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
 InheritedcurrentTarget : Object
[read-only] The object that is actively processing the Event object with an event listener.
Event
  delta : Number
The change in the scroll position value that resulted from the scroll.
ScrollEvent
  direction : String
The direction of motion.
ScrollEvent
 InheritedeventPhase : uint
[read-only] The current phase in the event flow.
Event
 Inheritedtarget : Object
[read-only] The event target.
Event
 Inheritedtype : String
[read-only] The type of event.
Event
Public Methods
 MethodDefined By
  
ScrollEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean = false, cancelable:Boolean = false, direction:String = null, delta:Number = NaN)
Constructor.
ScrollEvent
 Inherited
Duplicates an instance of an Event subclass.
Event
 Inherited
formatToString(className:String, ... arguments):String
A utility function for implementing the toString() method in custom ActionScript 3.0 Event classes.
Event
 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Checks whether the preventDefault() method has been called on the event.
Event
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
Cancels an event's default behavior if that behavior can be canceled.
Event
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
 Inherited
Prevents processing of any event listeners in the current node and any subsequent nodes in the event flow.
Event
 Inherited
Prevents processing of any event listeners in nodes subsequent to the current node in the event flow.
Event
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
 Inherited
Returns a string containing all the properties of the Event object.
Event
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
Public Constants
 ConstantDefined By
Property Detail

delta

property
public var delta:Number

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The change in the scroll position value that resulted from the scroll. The value is expressed in pixels. A positive value indicates the scroll was down or to the right. A negative value indicates the scroll was up or to the left.

direction

property 
public var direction:String

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

The direction of motion. The possible values are ScrollEventDirection.VERTICAL or ScrollEventDirection.HORIZONTAL.

Related API Elements

Constructor Detail

ScrollEvent

()Constructor
public function ScrollEvent(type:String, bubbles:Boolean = false, cancelable:Boolean = false, direction:String = null, delta:Number = NaN)

Constructor. Scroll events are dispatched when a container has scrolled.

Parameters
type:String — The event type; indicates the action that caused the event.
 
bubbles:Boolean (default = false) — Specifies whether the event can bubble up the display list hierarchy.
 
cancelable:Boolean (default = false) — Specifies whether the behavior associated with the event can be prevented.
 
direction:String (default = null) — The change in scroll position, expressed in pixels.
 
delta:Number (default = NaN)