TextArea.text

Availability

Flash Player 6.0.79.

Edition

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

textAreaInstance.text

Description

Property; the text contents of a TextArea component. The default value is "" (empty string).

Example

The following code places a string in the myTextArea instance then traces that string to the Output panel:

myTextArea.text = "The Royal Nonesuch";
trace(myTextArea.text); // traces "The Royal Nonesuch"