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FlexTextField

Package | mx.core
Class | public class FlexTextField
Inheritance | FlexTextField flash.text.TextField
Subclasses | StyleableTextField, TextFieldAsset, UITextField

Language Version : | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version : | Flex 3

Runtime Versions : | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

FlexTextField is a subclass of the Player's TextField class and the superclass of UITextField. It overrides the `toString()` method to return a string indicating the location of the object within the hierarchy of DisplayObjects in the application.

Public Methods

| Method | Defined By
--- | --- | ---
|  | FlexTextField() Constructor. | FlexTextField
|  | toString():String [override] Returns a string indicating the location of this object within the hierarchy of DisplayObjects in the Application. | FlexTextField

Constructor Detail

FlexTextField | () | Constructor

`public function FlexTextField()`

Language Version : | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version : | Flex 3

Runtime Versions : | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Constructor.

Sets the `name` property to a string returned by the `createUniqueName()` method of the mx.utils.NameUtils class.

This string is the name of the object's class concatenated with an integer that is unique within the application, such as `"UITextField18"`.

See also

flash.display.DisplayObject.name
mx.utils.NameUtil.createUniqueName()
Method Detail

toString | () | method

`override public function toString():String`

Language Version : | ActionScript 3.0

Product Version : | Flex 3

Runtime Versions : | Flash Player 9, AIR 1.1

Returns a string indicating the location of this object within the hierarchy of DisplayObjects in the Application. This string, such as `"MyApp0.HBox5.UITextField18"`, is built by the `displayObjectToString()` method of the mx.utils.NameUtils class from the `name` property of the object and its ancestors.

Returns

| `String` — A String indicating the location of this object within the DisplayObject hierarchy.

See also

flash.display.DisplayObject.name
mx.utils.NameUtil.displayObjectToString()

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