How to set alpha to TextField?

[ljCharlie]

I've created a txtField with background set to true, backgroundColor set to a certain color, and txtField.alpha set to 10; however, the alpha does not work. The background color of txtField appears to have a full opaque color and not transparency. Any suggestion is appreciated.

[Rothrock]

That is because in AS3 the alpha property runs from zero to 1. Try an alpha of .1.

[Guest]

I've had issues with textfields before and alpha - never using background colours but this may help....

I found that alpha only works with textfields if the textfield uses embedded fonts.

import a font to you library - export for actionscript call it myFont.

import myFont;

var myFontImport:String = new myFont().fontName;
var theFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
theFormat.color = 0xFFFFFF;
theFormat.size = 14;
theFormat.font = myFontImport;

myTexField.embedFonts = true;
myTexField.text = "some text here";
myTextField.setTextFormat(theFormat);
myTextField.alpha = 0.1;


Remember the alpha is between 0 and 1 NOT 0 and 100

Greg

[ljCharlie]

Thanks, GregConn. I have to use the TextFormat to set it.

[kglad]

you don't necessarily need a textformat instance to control the alpha of your textfield. you just need to use a reasonable alpha and embed your font.