How do I make a TextField multiline?

Question

I have a string that is too long to fit into my 100px container. I want to make TextField automatically multiline if needed. How do I make it?

Answer 1

I think what you're looking for is TextFieldAutoSize.

var tf:TextField = new TextField();
tf.multiline = true;
tf.wordWrap = true;
tf.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
tf.text = yourLongStringVar;

For more information check out the documentation.

EDIT : added wordwrap and multiline properties to maintain width