[AS3] How do you get a text area to autoscroll?

[ambergahill]

I have a text area that is being used as a chat window. There are multiple people in a room, and when they send a chat message, it goes to the text area. How do I get the text area to automatically scroll? The scroll bar automatically pops up, but you have to manually scroll it. Thanks! :cool:

[ambergahill]

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[Yui]

yourTextArea.validateNow();
yourTextArea.verticalScrollPosition = yourTextArea.maxVerticalScrollPosition;