MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH - Page 442

442 Working with Text and Strings
Text format tag
The <textformat> tag lets you use a subset of paragraph formatting properties of the
TextFormat class within HTML text fields, including line leading, indentation, margins, and
tab stops. You can combine
<textformat> tags with the built-in HTML tags.
The
<textformat> tag has the following attributes:
■ blockindent Specifies the block indentation in points; corresponds to
TextFormat.blockIndent. (See blockIndent (TextFormat.blockIndent property)
in the ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.)
■ indent Specifies the indentation from the left margin to the first character in the
paragraph; corresponds to
TextFormat.indent. Lets you use negative integers. (See
indent (TextFormat.indent property) in the ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.)
■ leading Specifies the amount of leading (vertical space) between lines; corresponds to
TextFormat.leading. Lets you use negative integers. (See leading
(TextFormat.leading property) in the ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.)
■ leftmargin Specifies the left margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds to
TextFormat.leftMargin. (See leftMargin (TextFormat.leftMargin property) in the
ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.)
■ rightmargin Specifies the right margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds to
TextFormat.rightMargin. (See rightMargin (TextFormat.rightMargin property)
in the ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.)
■ tabstops Specifies custom tab stops as an array of non-negative integers; corresponds to
TextFormat.tabStops. (See tabStops (TextFormat.tabStops property) in the
ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.)
The following table of data with boldfaced row headers is the result of the code example in the
procedure that follows:
Name Age Occupation
Rick 33 Detective
AJ 34 Detective