Change Font Color in TextArea

Sounds simple but there is a little more to it. So I have a textArea that gets populated using a Combo Box, the Combo Box is getting populated via XML (XML Connector), how can I style the textArea?

The only style command that works in the textArea is:

Code:

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textAreaName.setStyle("backgroundColor", 0xFFBBBB);

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However when I try to change fontSize using the following, it doesn't work:

Code:

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textAreaName.setStyle("fontSize", 32);

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I think it may have to with the Combo Box populating the textArea. Because I can get the font size to change when it first loads, but when I select a different "item" from the Combo Box all of a sudden the textArea font size goes back to default. How do I fix this?

As far as I recall any style changes will only affect what is already there..any new text will use the text area original settings..are you using html mode?...
mike

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Originally Posted by indogo

As far as I recall any style changes will only affect what is already there..any new text will use the text area original settings..are you using html mode?...
mike

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Yeah, that is exactly what's happening here. How do you change the textArea original settings?


I'm using HTML is set to true for the textArea. Any suggestions?

In the properties dialogue for the textarea.....

when encountering this problem in the past I added a font tag with the populating script (combo box)...think it was the easiest solution.

mike

But I didn't think you could change the font color/size in the properties dialogue for a textArea, at least I can't. For a textField yeah but not a textArea.

And what do you mean by adding a font tag? In the XML file?

Somewhere between xml and the textarea..

mike

I figured it out.

Code:

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_root.taAddress.text = "<font size='16' color='#3366cc'>"+row_obj.addr+"</font>";

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That will change the color and font size of the text inside a TextArea which is being populated from DataGrid via XML.

Yep sounds about right.....html textareas are a bit more fiddly

nice one

mike