The following table lists the HTML tags and attributes supported for the import
* and export process (tags and attributes supported by TextField, but not supported by
* the Text Layout Framework are specifically described as not supported):
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* Tag
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* Description
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* Anchor tag
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* The <a> tag creates a hypertext link and supports the following attributes:
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target: Specifies the name of the target window where you load the page.
* Options include _self, _blank, _parent, and
* _top. The _self option specifies the current frame in the current window,
* _blank specifies a new window, _parent specifies the parent of the
* current frame, and _top specifies the top-level frame in the current window.
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href: Specifies a URL. The URL can
* be either absolute or relative to the location of the SWF file that
* is loading the page. An example of an absolute reference to a URL is
* http://www.adobe.com; an example of a relative reference is
* /index.html. Absolute URLs must be prefixed with
* http://; otherwise, Flash treats them as relative URLs.
* Note: Unlike the TextField class, ActionScript link events
* are not supported. Neither are
* a:link, a:hover, and a:active styles.
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* Bold tag
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* The <b> tag renders text as bold. A bold typeface must be available for the font used.
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* Break tag
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* The <br> tag creates a line break in the text.
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* Font tag
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* The <font> tag specifies a font or list of fonts to display the text.The font tag
* supports the following attributes:
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color: Only hexadecimal color (#FFFFFF) values are supported.
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face: Specifies the name of the font to use. As shown in the following example,
* you can specify a list of comma-delimited font names, in which case Flash Player selects the first available
* font. If the specified font is not installed on the local computer system or isn't embedded in the SWF file,
* Flash Player selects a substitute font.
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size: Specifies the size of the font. You can use absolute pixel sizes, such as 16 or 18
* or relative point sizes, such as +2 or -4.
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letterspacing: Specifies the tracking (manual kerning) in pixels to be applied to the right of each character.
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kerning: Specifies whether kerning is enabled or disabled. A non-zero value enables kerning, while zero disables it.
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* Image tag
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* The <img> tag lets you embed external image files (JPEG, GIF, PNG), SWF files, and
* movie clips inside text.
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* The <img> tag supports the following attributes:
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src: Specifies the URL to an image or SWF file, or the linkage identifier for a movie clip
* symbol in the library. This attribute is required; all other attributes are optional. External files (JPEG, GIF, PNG,
* and SWF files) do not show until they are downloaded completely.
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width: The width of the image, SWF file, or movie clip being inserted, in pixels.
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height: The height of the image, SWF file, or movie clip being inserted, in pixels.
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* Note: Unlike the TextField class, the following attributes are not supported:
* align, hspace, vspace, id, and checkPolicyFile.
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* Italic tag
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* The <i> tag displays the tagged text in italics. An italic typeface must be available
* for the font used.
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* List item tag
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* Note: Unlike the TextField class, the List item tag is not supported.
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* Paragraph tag
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* The <p> tag creates a new paragraph.
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* The <p> tag supports the following attributes:
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* align: Specifies alignment of text within the paragraph; valid values are
left, right, justify, and center.
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* class: Specifies a class name that can be used for styling
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* Span tag
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* The <span> tag supports the following attributes:
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* class: Specifies a class name that can be used for styling. While span tags are often used to set a style defined in a style sheet,
* TLFTextField instances do not support style sheets. The span tag is available for TLFTextField instances to refer to a class with
* style properties.
* - You can also put properties directly in the span tag:
*
<span fontFamily="Arial">Hi there</span>. However, nested span tags are not supported.
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* Text format tag
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* The <textformat> tag lets you use a subset of paragraph formatting
* properties of the TextFormat class within text fields, including line leading, indentation,
* margins, and tab stops. You can combine <textformat> tags with the
* built-in HTML tags.
*
* The <textformat> tag has the following attributes:
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indent: Specifies the indentation from the left margin to the first character
* in the paragraph; corresponds to TextFormat.indent. Both positive and negative
* numbers are acceptable.
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blockindent: Specifies the indentation applied to all lines of the paragraph.
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leftmargin: Specifies the left margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds
* to TextFormat.leftMargin.
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rightmargin: Specifies the right margin of the paragraph, in points; corresponds
* to TextFormat.rightMargin.
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leading: Specifies the leading (line height) measured in pixels between a line's ascent and the previous line's descent
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tabstops: Specifies a comma-separated list of tab stop positions for the paragraph.
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* Underline tag
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* The <u> tag underlines the tagged text.
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* @playerversion Flash 10
* @playerversion AIR 1.5
* @langversion 3.0
*/
public static const TEXT_FIELD_HTML_FORMAT:String = "textFieldHTMLFormat";
/**
* Plain text format.
* Use this for creating a TextFlow from a simple, unformatted String,
* or for creating a simple, unformatted String from a TextFlow.
* @playerversion Flash 10
* @playerversion AIR 1.5
* @langversion 3.0
*/
public static const PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT:String = "plainTextFormat";
/**
* TextLayout Format.
* Use this for importing from, or exporting to, a TextFlow using the TextLayout markup format.
* Text Layout format will detect the following errors:
* Use one of the four static constants supplied with this class
* to specify the format parameter:
*
Use one of the four static constants supplied with this class
* to specify the format parameter:
*
Use one of the four static constants supplied with this class
* to specify the format parameter:
*
Use one of the four static constants supplied with this class
* to specify the format parameter:
*