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SPGAnne
Inspiring
March 8, 2009
Answered

rollOver effect on a link element

  • March 8, 2009
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Sorry to be a dim bulb. I've looked at doc and examples, out there by can't seem to get a rollOver effect to happen on a link element. I have tried this
var myText:String =
"<TextFlow xmlns=' http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008' fontFamily='Arial' fontSize='12' textIndent='15' marginBottom='15' paddingTop='4' paddingLeft='4'>" +
"<CharacterFormat id='hoverOverLink' color='0xff0000'/>" +
"<p><span>Here is a test of a </span>" +
"<a id='word_id' href='WORD' linkHoverFormat='hoverOverLink'><span fontStyle='italic'>word</span></a>" +
"</p></TextFlow>";

Also I'm wondering what is the best way to get the quality smooth anti-aliased text that you get when you use static text in the Flash authoring tool.

Thanks very much in advance for help with this.
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Correct answer rdermer
In the posted TextLayoutComponent for CS4 I believe you'd need {}s around hoverOverLink like this linkHoverFormat='{hoverOverLink}'

This changed quite a bit in TLF build 370. In that build the markup would be:
<TextFlow fontSize="12" verticalAlign="inherit" paddingBottom="inherit" paddingLeft="4" textIndent="15" paddingRight="inherit" fontFamily="Arial" paddingTop="4" lineBreak="inherit" marginBottom="15" whiteSpaceCollapse="preserve" xmlns=" http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008"><p><span>Here is a test of a </span><a id="word_id" href="WORD"><linkHoverFormat color="0xff0000"/><span fontStyle="italic">word</span></a></p></TextFlow>

Richard

3 replies

R
Adobe Employee
rdermer
Adobe Employee
March 9, 2009
If the field is editable press the ctrl key while hovering.
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SPGAnneAuthor
Inspiring
March 8, 2009
Richard - thanks...tried what you suggested, when I move my mouse over the link I still don't get a color change.
R
Adobe Employee
rdermerCorrect answer
Adobe Employee
March 8, 2009
In the posted TextLayoutComponent for CS4 I believe you'd need {}s around hoverOverLink like this linkHoverFormat='{hoverOverLink}'

This changed quite a bit in TLF build 370. In that build the markup would be:
<TextFlow fontSize="12" verticalAlign="inherit" paddingBottom="inherit" paddingLeft="4" textIndent="15" paddingRight="inherit" fontFamily="Arial" paddingTop="4" lineBreak="inherit" marginBottom="15" whiteSpaceCollapse="preserve" xmlns=" http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008"><p><span>Here is a test of a </span><a id="word_id" href="WORD"><linkHoverFormat color="0xff0000"/><span fontStyle="italic">word</span></a></p></TextFlow>

Richard
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