Append or insert new text to the RichEditableText control

      

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<!-- sparktextcontrols/AddTextExample.mxml -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
    xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
    xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark">
    <s:layout>
        <s:VerticalLayout />
    </s:layout>
    <fx:Script>
         
        [Bindable] 
        private var newText:String = "<p>This is the new text.</p>"; 
        private function insertNewText():void { 
            myRET.insertText(newText); 
        } 
        private function appendNewText():void { 
            myRET.appendText(newText); 
        } 
      
    </fx:Script>
    <s:RichEditableText id="myRET" height="100" width="200">
        <s:textFlow>
            <s:TextFlow>
                <s:p>This is paragraph 1.</s:p>
                <s:p>This is paragraph 2.</s:p>
            </s:TextFlow>
        </s:textFlow>
    </s:RichEditableText>
    <s:HGroup>
        <s:Button label="Insert New Text" click="insertNewText()" />
        <s:Button label="Append New Text" click="appendNewText()" />
    </s:HGroup>
    <s:Label text="New text to add: '{newText}'" />
</s:Application>

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Append or insert new text to the RichEditableText control : RichEditableText « Components « Flex

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