text boxes and columns

[kiaoraFiona webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Is it possible to split a text box into columns so that when the text gets to a certian height it wraps over to the next column?

Also is there a way to get a text box to hide the scroller bar until there is enough text to enable scrolling to occur?

thank you

fiona x

[MGaston]

I'm sure someone else has a better way, but I think you could accomplish
either task by counting the number of lines. For your first question just
have a second text box appear when you hit the required number of lines.
For your second question, have the style of text box change when you hit
that number of lines.

Again, probably a better way, but that's what I'd try first.

-M

kiaoraFiona <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to split a text box into columns so that when the text gets

to a certian height it wraps over to the next column?

>
> Also is there a way to get a text box to hide the scroller bar until there

is enough text to enable scrolling to occur?

>
> thank you
>
> fiona x
>
>

[johnAq webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

You can set the #html property of text members and format your test into a html table in order to achieve the column wrapping.

You can monitor the member and change the #boxType of the text member from #fixed to #scrolling once the member's #height gets to the required size.

hth

johnAq