Working with Text Fields

Text fields in Flash display all text and content that is created dynamically from external resources, variable values, and/or concatenated values in ActionScript. Text fields can be added to the stage at authortime or with ActionScript at runtime. However they are added, they can be controlled with ActionScript at runtime. Text fields are objects of the TextField class.

The TextField class

The TextField class has properties, methods, and events that control the TextField object type, display properties, and control how they are interacted with. The TextField class has two types of text fields that can be used to display dynamic information and that a user can interact with. They are dynamic and input text fields.