I would like to increase the size of the label on a Button in flash. The label seems to only be about 3/4 the width and 3/4 the height of the button. I would like to make the label be the full width and height of the button.
The label field is just a string, and changing the width/height on the textField property of the button does not seem to change anything. Also textFormat doesn't have options for changing text width/height.
I'm out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
The only way I know is to do it via code.
var myTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.size = 20
var myButton:Button = new Button();
myButton.label = "Click Me";
myButton.setStyle("textFormat", myTextFormat);
myButton.setSize(120, 60);
myButton.x = 0;
myButton.y = 0;
addChild(myButton);
After much reading, I found a few that might help future viewers of this question. I am using AS3, CS5.5. 'bw' is the instance name of the button. These can be used if you are using a button 'Component'.
bw.setStyle("textFormat", new TextFormat("Verdana", 20, "bold", "italic", "underline", true));
bw.label = "Dog Snacks"; // can be also set via properties, but this is handy if you want the text to change after clicking
bw.setSize(280, 30); // can also be set via properties
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How do I increase size of a dynamic text on click of a button in AS3, Adobe flash?
I have a dynamic text box (instance name is damodara).
I tried using the following code but it didn't work.
text_big.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
{
damodara.size += 4;
}
I would be glad if you could help me.
Use set setTextFormat like this:
First, you need to have aTextFormat object. Like this:
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
then set the properties of that like this:
tf.size = 5; // or whatever you want here
then apply this format to your text:
myTextField.setTextFormat(tf);
Then, in the code you posted, replace size+=5 with damodara.setTextFormat(tf);
Then to change it back you could either have a different TextFormat with a different size property or change the size property of this TextFormat and reapply the format doing setTextFormat again.
You cannot increase the size of the text, instead increase the font size while you click the button , then you are good to go.
textFormat = youtTextField.getTextFormat();
textFormat.size = int(textFormat.size)-1;
youtTextField.setTextFormat(textFormat);
I have textInput on stage, it's not the component; but rather a textField which is set to behave as inputText. I also have a button on stage to bold the selected portion of the text in the inputField.
Here's the code, which works perfectly fine:
var formatDefBold: TextFormat = new TextFormat();
formatDefBold.bold = false;
var formatBold: TextFormat = new TextFormat();
formatBold.bold = true;
boldBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, makeBold);
function makeBold(event: MouseEvent):void
{
var sbi:Number = myInputField.selectionBeginIndex;
var sei:Number = myInputField.selectionEndIndex;
if (sbi != sei)
{
var section:TextFormat = myInputField.getTextFormat(sbi,sei);
if (section.bold == false)
{
myInputField.setTextFormat(formatBold, sbi, sei);
}
else
{
myInputField.setTextFormat(formatDefBold, sbi, sei);
}
stage.focus = this[selectedTextField]; // highlight the selected text again.
}
}
PROBLEM:
When I rotate the textInput, the text disappears. If I embed the font and choose another anti-aliasing method like "Anti-Alias for animation", the rotated textInput displays the text fine, but the makeBold function doesn't work.
I've tried different fonts. Sans, Arial, which I embedded all it's styles (Bold, Italic, Bold-Italic). nothing!
I've tried placing the textInput inside a movieClip and rotate the movieClip instead. doesn't work.
I've also tried setting the embedFonts parameter for the textInput too, not sure if I did it correctly
myInputField.embedFonts = true;
this time the text disappears even when the textField is not rotated.
I'm really stuck and can't think of anything else to make the bold function work with a rotated textInput.
Embedding method
For any operations like rotation applied to a text field, you should first embed the text font.
myText.text = "rotation with embed font";
myText.rotation = 10;
Your text field 'myText' is physically put on the scene. When you click on it, in the window 'Properties', do that:
anti-alias (Anti-alias for animation)
font embed
To embed the font, click on 'embed' button > window 'Font Embedding' > 'Character ranges' > select: 'Uppercase', 'Lowercase', 'Numerals', 'Punctuation'. (don't click on 'All')
3D method
You can also rotate a dynamic text field without embedding fonts using the 3D methods available in Flash Player 10.
var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
this.addChild(myTextField);
var fo:TextFormat = new TextFormat("Arial", 11, 0xFF0000);
myTextField.defaultTextFormat = fo;
myTextField.text = "3D rotation";
myTextField.rotationZ = 45;
In your case...
In your case, the following code works perfectly (you just have to put a button named 'boldBtn' on your scene):
var myInputField:TextField = new TextField();
this.addChild(myInputField);
var fo:TextFormat = new TextFormat("Verdana", 12, 0x000000, false);
myInputField.defaultTextFormat = fo;
myInputField.text = "3D rotation";
myInputField.rotationZ = 45;
boldBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, makeBold);
function makeBold(event:MouseEvent):void
{
fo.bold = !fo.bold;
myInputField.setTextFormat(fo);
}
I set the anti-aliasing to it's default value which is "use device fonts" and used rotationZ to rotate the text field. and it worked!
using rotation (not rotationZ) with default anti-aliasing doesn't show the text.
and using rotation (not rotationZ) with anti-aliasing makes the bold function not work.
so this is solved with just adding this line of code:
myInputField.rotationZ = 45;
I'm trying to make a button(movieClip-button), that when you hover over it(MOUSE_OVER), it calls a function that displays some text. The only problem is that it doesn't work :p. Or atleast not the way i want it to work. The thing is when i hover over it the first time, nothing displays. If i then remove the mouse from the movieclip and hover over it again it works just fine. Here's my code:
private var priceString:TextField = new TextField();
private function addText(price:String):void{
var priceStringFormat = new TextFormat;
priceStringFormat.color = 0xFF0000;
priceStringFormat.font = 'TradeGothic';
priceStringFormat.size = 30;
priceString.x = 285;
priceString.y = 15;
priceString.setTextFormat(priceStringFormat);
priceString.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
priceString.text = "Upgrade Costs: " + price;
getStage.addChild(priceString);
}
I can't myself see the problem:s. Other text fields in the same format in the same class works just fine. The getStage var is holding the stage access. (It works with other text fields). Strange is also that if i try to add a movieclip instead of the textfield, it works just fine.
This is how it should look:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/5a0jf.png
setTextFormat needs to happen after you set the text property. If for whatever reason you need to do the formatting before you set the textFormat, use
priceString.defaultTextFormat = priceStringFormat
If you're saying you want to create a tooltip when you hover over a button, you should probably put the TextField into a Sprite object. Add the TextField as a child of the Sprite, and the Sprite as a child of the stage. Then, either tween the alpha value of the Sprite or toggle its visibility using Sprite.visible.
PS: for a detailed tutorial, see:
http://hub.tutsplus.com/tutorials/create-a-customizable-tooltip-in-actionscript-30--active-1793
EDIT:
Based on the image you provided, what you would need is to create a sprite with the TextField as its child in the constructor of your button, and set the sprite's visible property to false.
In your mouseover handler for the button, set the sprite's visible property to true, and in reset it in your mouseout handler.
I am having some problems getting this code to work properly. I want to change the text on a textfield inside a button. It works, but only for the upState. As soon as I hover or click the button, it changes back to the original name. Is there any way I can define it as anyState?
var doc:DisplayObjectContainer = m1.upState as DisplayObjectContainer;
var tf:TextField = doc.getChildAt(1) as TextField;
var boldText:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
boldText.bold = true;
tf.text = "Sterno Cleido Mastoid";
tf.setTextFormat(boldText);
Example:
http://www.testdummies.dk/dynamictext.fla
Your issue is that your code is only changing the text for the up state of the button. The other states remain unaffected.
You could simply copy and paste your code to do the same change for the over and down states - adding this code after your existing code would do just that:
doc = m1.overState as DisplayObjectContainer;
tf = doc.getChildAt(1) as TextField;
tf.text = "Neck";
tf.setTextFormat(boldText);
doc = m1.downState as DisplayObjectContainer;
tf = doc.getChildAt(1) as TextField;
tf.text = "Neck";
tf.setTextFormat(boldText);
This is an awkward way though to code a simple text change for a button. Creating a custom button class, or even making a movieClip work as a button would be much cleaner. Create a new question if you need help learning either of these things.
I would put the text field on its own layer on top of the button, so it always has the same text regardless of button state.
or, alternatively, you could copy and paste that code into each button state and then alter the code to reflect the current state. (the first solution is faster/easier though)
We are trying to increase the clickable area of a marker on a google map. The reason we want to do that clicking on the icon sometimes misses the anchor point. We rather not reduce the size of the icon size
We are assuming that one of the properties of the GIcon objects is what we need to change and tried changing the iconAnchor and and infoWindowAnchor property of the GIcon but that doesnt seem to work.
anyone point us in the right direction?
I know its been a while but I had the same issue, lets say your icon is 51 pixels wide and 32 pixels tall:
var baseIcon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON);
baseIcon.imageMap = [0,0 , 51,0, 51,32 , 0,32];
Basically you're just inputting x,y co-ordinates
If you have different icons, it's a good idea to create the imageMap dynamically:
function getImgSize(imgSrc) {
var newImg = new Image();
newImg.src = imgSrc;
var height = newImg.height;
var width = newImg.width;
return [height,width];
}
var icon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON,iconUrl);
var iconSize = getImgSize(iconUrl);
icon.iconSize = new GSize(iconSize[1], iconSize[0]); // set icon size
icon.imageMap = [0,0, icon.iconSize.width,0, icon.iconSize.width,icon.iconSize.height,0,icon.iconSize.height]; // set click area
icon.shadowSize = new GSize(0, 0); // disable shadow
Reference: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GIcon
iconAnchor and infoWindowAnchor set where in the image the actual point on the map and the info window are respectively.
If you want a bigger clickable area, you may be able to do something with the imageMap property for non-IE (I've never tried). However, I think your best bet would be to define a custom GIcon that uses a larger image(padded with transparent space. Unfortunately, that's quite a bit of a hack -- maybe someone else knows of a better way.
In the end, we reduced the size of the image. We had not noticed the recommended graphic size was 19x19