The StyleSheet class lets you create a StyleSheet object that contains text formatting rules for font size, color, and other styles. You can then apply styles defined by a style sheet to a TextField object that contains HTML- or XML-formatted text. The text in the TextField object is automatically formatted according to the tag styles defined by the StyleSheet object. You can use text styles to define new formatting tags, redefine built-in HTML tags, or create style classes that you can apply to certain HTML tags.
To apply styles to a TextField object, assign the StyleSheet object to a TextField object's
styleSheet
property.
Note: A text field with a style sheet is not editable. In other words, a text field with the type property set to TextFieldType.INPUT applies the StyleSheet to the default text for the text field, but the content will no longer be editable by the user. Consider using the TextFormat class to assign styles to input text fields.
Flash Player supports a subset of properties in the original CSS1 specification ([https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1](www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1)). The following table shows the supported Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) properties and values, as well as their corresponding Haxe property names. (Each Haxe property name is derived from the corresponding CSS property name; if the name contains a hyphen, the hyphen is omitted and the subsequent character is capitalized.)
CSS property | Haxe property | Usage and supported values |
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color | color | Only hexadecimal color values are supported. Named colors (such as blue) are not supported. Colors are written in the following format: #FF0000 . |
display | display | Supported values are inline , block , and none . |
font-family | fontFamily | A comma-separated list of fonts to use, in descending order of desirability. Any font family name can be used. If you specify a generic font name, it is converted to an appropriate device font. The following font conversions are available: mono is converted to _typewriter , sans-serif is converted to _sans , and serif is converted to _serif . |
font-size | fontSize | Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent. |
font-style | fontStyle | Recognized values are normal and italic . |
font-weight | fontWeight | Recognized values are normal and bold . |
kerning | kerning | Recognized values are true and false . Kerning is supported for embedded fonts only. Certain fonts, such as Courier New, do not support kerning. The kerning property is only supported in SWF files created in Windows, not in SWF files created on the Macintosh. However, these SWF files can be played in non-Windows versions of Flash Player and the kerning still applies. |
leading | leading | The amount of space that is uniformly distributed between lines. The value specifies the number of pixels that are added after each line. A negative value condenses the space between lines. Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent. |
letter-spacing | letterSpacing | The amount of space that is uniformly distributed between characters. The value specifies the number of pixels that are added after each character. A negative value condenses the space between characters. Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent. |
margin-left | marginLeft | Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent. |
text-align | textAlign | Recognized values are left , center , right , and justify . |
text-decoration | textDecoration | Recognized values are none and underline . |
text-indent | textIndent | Only the numeric part of the value is used. Units (px, pt) are not parsed; pixels and points are equivalent. |
See also:
Constructor
Variables
read onlystyleNames:Array<String>
An array that contains the names (as strings) of all of the styles registered in this style sheet.
Methods
getStyle(styleName:String):Object
Returns a copy of the style object associated with the style named styleName
.
If there is no style object associated with styleName
, null
is returned.
Parameters:
styleName | A string that specifies the name of the style to retrieve. |
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Returns:
An object.
parseCSS(CSSText:String):Void
Parses the CSS in CSSText
and loads the style sheet with it. If a style
in CSSText
is already in styleSheet
, the properties in styleSheet
are
retained, and only the ones in CSSText
are added or changed in styleSheet
.
To extend the native CSS parsing capability, you can override this method by creating a subclass of the StyleSheet class.
Parameters:
CSSText | The CSS text to parse (a string). |
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setStyle(styleName:String, styleObject:Object):Void
Adds a new style with the specified name to the style sheet object. If the named style does not already exist in the style sheet, it is added. If the named style already exists in the style sheet, it is replaced. If the styleObject parameter is null, the named style is removed.
Flash Player creates a copy of the style object that you pass to this method.
For a list of supported styles, see the table in the description for the StyleSheet class.
Parameters:
styleName | A string that specifies the name of the style to add to the style sheet. |
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styleObject | An object that describes the style, or |
transform(formatObject:Object):TextFormat
Extends the CSS parsing capability. Advanced developers can override this method by extending the StyleSheet class.
Parameters:
formatObject | An object that describes the style, containing style rules as properties of the object, or |
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Returns:
A TextFormat object containing the result of the mapping of CSS rules to text format properties.