Flex - TextInput Control



Introduction

The TextInput control is a text-entry control that lets users enter and edit a single line of uniformly-formatted text.

Class Declaration

Following is the declaration for spark.components.TextArea class −

public class TextInput 
   extends SkinnableTextBase

Public Properties

Sr.No Properties & Description
1

widthInChars : Number

The default width of the control, measured in em units.

Public Methods

Sr.No Method & Description
1

TextInput()

Constructor.

Methods Inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes −

  • spark.components.supportClasses.SkinnableTextBase
  • spark.components.supportClasses.SkinnableComponent
  • mx.core.UIComponent
  • mx.core.FlexSprite
  • flash.display.Sprite
  • flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer
  • flash.display.InteractiveObject
  • flash.display.DisplayObject
  • flash.events.EventDispatcher
  • Object

Flex TextInput Control Example

Let us follow the following steps to check usage of TextInput control in a Flex application by creating a test application −

Step Description
1 Create a project with a name HelloWorld under a package com.tutorialspoint.client as explained in the Flex - Create Application chapter.
2 Modify HelloWorld.mxml as explained below. Keep rest of the files unchanged.
3 Compile and run the application to make sure business logic is working as per the requirements.

Following is the content of the modified mxml file src/com.tutorialspoint/HelloWorld.mxml.

<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx = "http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
   xmlns:s = "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
   xmlns:mx = "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx"
   width = "100%" height = "100%" minWidth = "500" minHeight = "500">
   
   <fx:Style source = "/com/tutorialspoint/client/Style.css" />   
   <s:BorderContainer width = "550" height = "400" id = "mainContainer" 
      styleName = "container">
      
      <s:VGroup width = "100%" height = "100%" gap = "50" 
         horizontalAlign = "center" verticalAlign = "middle">
         <s:Label id = "lblHeader" text = "Form Controls Demonstration" 
            fontSize = "40" color = "0x777777" styleName = "heading" />
         
         <s:Panel id = "textInputPanel" title = "Using TextInput" 
            width = "420" height = "200" >
            <s:layout>
               <s:VerticalLayout  gap = "10" 
                  verticalAlign = "middle" horizontalAlign = "center" />	
            </s:layout>
            
            <s:TextInput text = "Hello World" />
            <s:TextInput text = "Hello World" enabled = "false" />
         </s:Panel>
      </s:VGroup>	 
   </s:BorderContainer>	
</s:Application>

Once you are ready with all the changes done, let us compile and run the application in normal mode as we did in Flex - Create Application chapter. If everything is fine with your application, this will produce following result: [ Try it online ]

Flex TextInput Control
flex_form_controls.htm
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