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actionscript-3alignmenttextfield

setting textfield vertical alignment, AS3

textFormat.align = "center";

This, but a vertical equivalent please? Because of my experience with HTML I have tried

textFormat.valign = "middle";

But it does not work

Solution

  • You can't align text vertically automatically in AS3.

    You'll have to write your own function to do this.

    eg.

    public function verticalAlignTF(tf:TextField):void
{
    tf.y += Math.round((tf.height - tf.textHeight) * .5);
}

    Another option would be using TLFTextField, which has a verticalAlign property. Just note that TLF has been deprecated by Adobe, so you might run into some issues.