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Use styled text inside an MX TextArea control

      

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<!-- textcontrols/StyleSheetExample.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" creationComplete="initApp()">
    <fx:Script>
         
        import flash.text.StyleSheet; 
        private function initApp():void { 
            var ss:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet; 
            // Define an object for the "hover" state of the "a" tag. 
            var hoverStyles:Object = new Object; 
            hoverStyles.textDecoration = "underline"; 
            hoverStyles.color = "#FF00CC"; 
            // Define an object for the non-hover state of the "a" tag. 
            var linkStyles:Object = new Object; 
            linkStyles.color = "#FF00CC"; 
            // Apply the newly defined styles. 
            ss.setStyle("a:hover", hoverStyles); 
            ss.setStyle("a", linkStyles); 
            // Apply the StyleSheet to the TextArea control. 
            myTA.styleSheet = ss; 
        } 
      
    </fx:Script>
    <fx:Style>
        @namespace mx "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"; 
        mx|TextArea {
           fontFamily:Courier; linkcolor:#CC3300; 
        }
    </fx:Style>
    <mx:TextArea id="myTA" height="100" width="200">
        <mx:htmlText>
            <a href="http://www.adobe.com">This</a> is a link.
        </mx:htmlText>
    </mx:TextArea>
</s:Application>

   
    
    
    
    
    
  

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