iterates over the RichEditableText control's TextFlow and copies the contents of each SpanElement into another RichEditableText control
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<!-- sparktextcontrols/IterateOverLeaves.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>
import flashx.textLayout.elements.*;
private function copyContents():void {
/* Get the first leaf in the TextFlow. */
var leaf:SpanElement = new SpanElement();
leaf = SpanElement(richTxt1.textFlow.getFirstLeaf());
/* Write the contents of the first leaf to the second RET control. */
richTxt2.text = "LEAF:" + leaf.text + "\n";
/* Iterate over the remaining leaves and write their contents
to the second RET control. */
while(leaf = SpanElement(leaf.getNextLeaf())) {
richTxt2.text += "LEAF:" + leaf.text + "\n";
}
}
</fx:Script>
<s:Panel>
<s:RichEditableText id="richTxt1" selectable="true" editable="true"
textAlign="justify" percentWidth="100">
<s:textFlow>
<s:TextFlow>
<s:p>
<s:span>
1) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit.
</s:span>
</s:p>
<s:p>
<s:span>
2) Cras posuere posuere sem, eu congue orci mattis
quis.
</s:span>
</s:p>
<s:p>
<s:span>
3) Curabitur pulvinar tellus venenatis ipsum tempus
lobortis.
</s:span>
</s:p>
</s:TextFlow>
</s:textFlow>
</s:RichEditableText>
</s:Panel>
<s:HGroup>
<s:Button label="Copy Contents" click="copyContents()" />
<s:Button label="Clear" click="richTxt2.text=''" />
</s:HGroup>
<s:Panel>
<s:RichEditableText id="richTxt2" textAlign="justify"
percentWidth="100" />
</s:Panel>
</s:Application>
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