textbox autoresizing in actionscript3

Question

I need to realize textbox autoresizing in actionscript3(IDE - adobe flash pro cs3). For example my textarea is in width 100 px, user has been wrote in it something, that is bigger than 100 px, then my textbox should become increasingly. any ideas?

Also I can't realize multiline option: when the text goes beyond the textbox, it starts to scroll. In line type I've chosen 'multiline'.

thanks

Answer 1

try this:

textfield.autoSize = "left";
textfield.multiline = true;
textfield.wordWrap = true;

Hope it helps, Rob

Answer 2

If you want to resize textfield automaticaly you can use textfield.autoSize property.

Wnen you are using multiline textfield, then setting

textfield.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; 

will align text to left and resize field vertically. If you use single line text field, it will resize to the right.