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Input Textfield hint

/ Published in: ActionScript 3
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Showing an input hint in the TextField itself,
hiding it on focus/input,
and showing it again when the input is left empty.

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  1. var hint:String = "dd-mm-yyyy";
  2. txtDate.text = hint;
  3.  
  4. txtDate.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_IN, focusIn);
  5. txtDate.addEventListener(FocusEvent.FOCUS_OUT, focusOut);
  6.  
  7. private function focusIn(evt:FocusEvent):void
  8. {
  9. 	if (evt.target.text == hint)	txtDate.text = "";
  10. }
  11.  
  12. private function focusOut(evt:FocusEvent):void
  13. {
  14. 	if (evt.target.text == "")	txtDate.text = hint;
  15.  
  16. }

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