New selector

[bounceboy]

See this text I have written? when you drag your mouse over it you get what I call a "selection rectangle" I want to find a tutorial to customize it in flash.

also i would like to know what its proper name is too. thank you.

So yeah basically I am trying to make it so I can change the colour and shape of this "selection rectangle."

Somebody please help. thank you
Julian

[MyFriendIsATaco]

You can implement some hacks to changing the selection color, the main one being: http://yourpalmark.com/2007/08/13/ch...ic-textfields/

You need to download and implement the SelectionColor class, but I only know if it existing in AS3. So if you need AS2, I think you're out of luck.

But what do you mean by adjusting the shape? You just mean what text is selected? If so, there is a method of the TextField object called setSelection.

myTextField.setSelection(0, 10) 

That will select the first 10 characters.