how to resize a text field?

[mattmikulla]

Hello.

I want to make some input text fields a certain size, but I can't change the size by typing in numbers because it just transforms the fields, distorting the text.

This should be a simple common sense thing.

Any ideas?

[oldnewbie]

Look into MovieClip.createTextField... There you can set the dimensions...

[mattmikulla]

can you do it without using the createTextField actionscript? I would rather physically add the input textfields. It seems like such a simple thing.

If it can't be done, what is macromedia thinking. That's almost as lame as not being able to set a 5 pixel grid.

[oldnewbie]

I personally don't know of any other way, to set a textfield to some exact dimensions.

[coolncalm]

ever used guides... they work the same way in flash as they do in photoshop!!!!

[fjellman]

If you dubble click inside the field you can resize it without the text getting stretched. Just grab the small circle and drag it out. Use guides to help you reach the wanted length and width.

Fjellman

[stoc]

if you want to resize it dynamic just use :

instance_name_of_the_text.[b]_width[\b] = 300
instance_name_of_the_text.[b]_height[\b] = 300

[stoc]

instance_name_of_the_text._width = 300
instance_name_of_the_text._height = 300

[mattmikulla]

ok folks.

The guides answer seems like the best one.

REMEMBER, I don't want to create it using actions script, and grabbing the little handles is worthless to me, unless I maybe use the guides.

One problem though. My input text boxes won't snap to guides or grids.

So I'm back to where I started. This seems like something macromedia has overlooked, and it's really bugging me.

And once again, I don't want to use actionscript for my input text boxes.

[coolncalm]

it doesn't snap cos u probably don't have it turned on...

ctrl+shift+/

regards

[coolncalm]

to make more than one boxes of the same size you can always use alt+drag

[mattmikulla]

It doesn't snap because it's not turned on?

Are you serious?

I know it's on becuase there is a little check mark by it. You know, the universal indicator for something being ON.

No matter what snap accuracy I change it to it won't snap.

[oldnewbie]

Hey Matt... I wouldn't bite the hand of someone trying to help out!

[mattmikulla]

I don't mean to bite the hand off anybody trying to help. I appreciate every one in the forum and all the help they offer. This is anunbelievable resource.

With that being said...Some did not follow the post where I said that I didn't want to use actionscript, yet they offered actionscript solutions.

And I felt that coolncalm's statement

"it doesn't snap cos u probably don't have it turned on..."

well... what would you think. Anyway, just mostly frustrated. Really it doesn't matter. It just seems like there should be a way to select the box, type some dimensions and have pixel perfect precision.

We can't have everything I guess.

[oldnewbie]

Where would the fun be, if you that easily had all of what you wanted?

[mattmikulla]

very true.