Question

How do I get Set Selection to work in a text field. I have a text field inside a movieclip and a button with a click listener on it. When it clicks I want it to select all the text inside. This is what I have so far, I hope you can help.

send.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function() {
    panel.tweet.selectable = true;
    stage.focus = panel.tweet;
    panel.tweet.setSelection(0, panel.tweet.text.length);
});

Answer 1

Crazy – should work fine.

I made a little demo for you to see it working:

http://strangemother.com/actionscript/demos/select_text_click_demo/

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

send.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendMouseClickEventHandler);

function sendMouseClickEventHandler(ev:MouseEvent):void
{
    stage.focus = tweet;
    tweet.selectable = true;
    tweet.setSelection(0, tweet.text.length ); 

}