Deconstructing the Paint Application VII: The Text Tool

Creating the Actual Text Field

Although it seems in reverse order, the last thing that we need to do is create the text field in the onClipEvent (mouseUp) handler, along with setting the value of textexists to true once the cursor is clicked on the canvas while the text tool is active:

if(_root.isactive=="texttool"){
if(_root.textexists==false){
_root.drawing.createTextField("textname",0,35,25,635,500);
_root.drawing.textname.variable="typedtext";
_root.drawing.textname.textColor=_root.txtcolor;
_root.drawing.textname.type="input";
_root.drawing.textname.border=false;
_root.drawing.textname.multiline=true;
_root.drawing.textname.wordWrap=true;
_root.drawing.textname.text="Your default message.”
_root.textexists=true;
}
}

This uses the function createTextField with parameters defined as a string for the name of the text field, the layer, the starting x position, starting y position, width, and height. Mine is set to cover my entire workable canvas area.

• Setting the Text Tool as the Active Tool
• Setting Font Options on Load
• Defining the Text Format Dynamically
• Changing the Text Field Type to Edit
• Creating the Actual Text Field