Displaying text field properties for debugging

To get debugging information about TextField objects, you can use the Debug > List Variables command in test movie mode. The Output panel uses the following conventions in displaying TextField objects:

• If a property is not found on the object, it is not displayed.
• No more than four properties are displayed on a line.
• A property with a string value is displayed on a separate line.
• If there are any other properties defined for the object after the built-in properties are processed, they are added to the display using the rules in the second and third points above.
• Color properties are displayed as hexadecimal numbers (0x00FF00).
• The properties are displayed in the following order: variable, text, htmlText, html, textWidth, textHeight, maxChars, borderColor, backgroundColor, textColor, border, background, wordWrap, password, multiline, selectable, scroll, hscroll, maxscroll, maxhscroll, bottomScroll, type, embedFonts, restrict, length, tabIndex, autoSize.

The Debug > List Objects command in test mode lists TextField objects. If an instance name is specified for a text field, the Output panel displays the full target path including the instance name in the following form:

Target = "target path"

For more information on the List Variables or List Objects command, see Using the Output panel.