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You
can transform a Label component horizontally and vertically while
authoring and at run time. While authoring, select the component
on the Stage and use the Free Transform tool or any of the Modify >
Transform commands. You can also set the
autoSize
authoring
parameter; setting this parameter doesn’t change the bounding box
in the live preview, but the Label is resized. The Label is resized depending
on the
wordwrap
parameter. If the parameter is
true
,
the Label is resized vertically to fit the text. If the parameter
is
false
, the Label is resized horizontally. At
run time, use the
setSize()
method. For more information
see the
Label.setSize()
method and
Label.autoSize
property
in the
ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe Flash Platform
.
Also see
Create an application with the Label component
.
Use styles with the Label component
You can set style properties
to change the appearance of a label instance. All text in a Label
component instance must share the same style. The Label component has
a
textFormat
style, which has the same attributes
as the TextFormat object and allows you to set the same properties
for the content of
Label.text
as you can for a
regular Flash TextField. The following example sets the color of
text in a label to red.
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Drag the Label component from the Components panel to
the Stage and give it an instance name of
a_label
.
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Click the Parameters tab and replace the value of the text
property with the text:
Color me red
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Select Frame 1 in the main Timeline, open the Actions panel,
and enter the following code:
/* Create a new TextFormat object, which allows you to set multiple text properties at a time. */
var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
tf.color = 0xFF0000;
/* Apply this specific text format (red text) to the Label instance. */
a_label.setStyle("textFormat", tf);
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Select Control > Test Movie.
For more information
about Label styles, see the Label class in the
ActionScript 3.0 Reference for the Adobe
Flash Platform
.
Skins and the Label
The Label component does not
have any visual elements to skin.
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