class flash.events.TextEvent extends Event

Available on all platforms

An object dispatches a TextEvent object when a user enters text in a text * field or clicks a hyperlink in an HTML-enabled text field. There are two * types of text events: TextEvent.LINK and * TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT.

Class Fields

static var LINK:String

Defines the value of the type property of a link * event object. * *

This event has the following properties:

static var TEXT_INPUT:String

Defines the value of the type property of a * textInput event object. *

Note: This event is not dispatched for the Delete or Backspace * keys.

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This event has the following properties:

Instance Fields

var text:String

For a textInput event, the character or sequence of * characters entered by the user. For a link event, the text of * the event attribute of the href attribute of the * tag.

function new(type:String, ?bubbles:Bool, ?cancelable:Bool, ?text:String):Void

Creates an Event object that contains information about text events. Event * objects are passed as parameters to event listeners. * *

type

The type of the event. Event listeners can access this * information through the inherited type * property. Possible values are: * TextEvent.LINK and * TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT. *

bubbles

Determines whether the Event object participates in the * bubbling phase of the event flow. Event listeners can * access this information through the inherited * bubbles property. *

cancelable

Determines whether the Event object can be canceled. Event listeners can access this information through the inherited cancelable property. *

text

One or more characters of text entered by the user. * Event listeners can access this information through the * text property.