There is a rather strange issue with the flash.text.TextField class, one related to the delayed updating of the TextField.bottomScrollV and TextField.maxScrollV properties. The TextField.bottomScrollV indicates the bottommost line that is currently visible in the specified text field while the TextField.maxScrollV indicates the maximum vertical scroll position value.

The problem with these two properties is that they do not update immediately at those times when they should -

(i) when a TextField instance is resized such that the vertical scroll bounds change; and

(ii) when the TextField.wordWrap property changes (from false to true or vice versa).

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Aspire UI Components Set 1 is now available for licensing.

Aspire UI, developed by GhostWire Studios, is a library of Actionscript 3.0 (AS3) classes for building flexible and lightweight UI elements in Adobe Flash applications. Key features include automatic tab focus ordering, CSS text styles, layout management, and easy skinning using external PNG bitmap files.

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API Reference is available at
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