TextField height not working

Question

I'm creating a Word processing Flash desktop app, i created an INPUT text field where the user can type text and play with it, i gave it the following parameters:

//creating a the Text field
var tfield:TextField = new TextField();

//Position & Dimensions
tfield.x=0;
tfield.y=160;
tfield.width = 1280;
tfield.height = 600;  // <<<==== where the probleme is

//Options
tfield.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
tfield.background=true;
tfield.border=true;
tfield.multiline=true;
tfield.wordWrap = true;

//Add text field to stage
stage.addChild(tfield); 

Everything works fine except the tfield.height = 600; the text field takes the height of one line, and if i add a 2nd or 3rd line, then it expands.

App image: https://image.ibb.co/en5BEm/qsd.png

Adding some lines: https://image.ibb.co/i7HmfR/2nd.png

I want it to be exactly 600px. any ideas?

Answer 1

This behavior is related to TextField's autoSize property, which alters its height and width depending on text inside and multiline property. To set the fixed height, assign this property a value of TextFieldAutoSize.NONE. This will disable automatic resize of a text field.