[AS2] TextArea Component - bg transparent?

[motionid]

Hello all,
Was wondering if anyone could explain how to make the TextArea Component background transparent.
The help says that by default most componants are transparent but it looks like this one isn't.

I want to be able to see through my text field to the layers below (and I'm keen to keep it a component to keep my databinding simple).

Any idea's?

Cheers,


Sean.

[motionid]

Ok,
looks like I'm going to answer my own post!

_level0.componentName.depthChild0._alpha=0

Where "componentName" should be the instance name of your component.

Tested and working (I've been looking for the answer to this for ages).

Cheers,

Sean.

[kerry_rnl]

I'm a complete Flash noob. I have no idea where I'm supposed to enter this code. I tried doing it on the actionscript for the text area itself and it didn't work. I'm working in AS2, by the way.

Originally Posted by motionid

Ok,
looks like I'm going to answer my own post!

_level0.componentName.depthChild0._alpha=0

Where "componentName" should be the instance name of your component.

Tested and working (I've been looking for the answer to this for ages).

Cheers,

Sean.

[pepeu]

Originally Posted by kerry_rnl

I'm a complete Flash noob. I have no idea where I'm supposed to enter this code. I tried doing it on the actionscript for the text area itself and it didn't work. I'm working in AS2, by the way.

Try this one.

[joshjacobson]

This worked for me too! I found that I didn't need to use the full path of the TextArea though, I just did it like this:

myText.depthChild0._alpha=0; // from the MC that the TextArea was in.

Arigatou motionid, you probably just saved me hours

[gargamael]

This AS will set all the backgrounds for all TextArea components to "Transparent".

_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("backgroundColor" , "transparent");

Haven't tried modifying it for a single instance, yet.

[petefs]

componentName.setStyle("backgroundColor", "transparent");

should work fine : )

[Lugosi]

Originally Posted by petefs

componentName.setStyle("backgroundColor", "transparent");

should work fine : )

I tried changing the 'transparent' to blue and red and I saw those colors as the background. Is there a list somewhere of the background colors available? I am looking for a light gray.

Thanks!

Cheers
Lugosi

[evann]

you can use other colors through their hexidecimals. i.e. red would be 0xFF0000

i used

_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("backgroundColor" , "transparent");

and it successfully made the background transparent, but it also seems to have made the text itself transparent.
any ideas?

[Marsis]

try
_global.styles.TextArea.setStyle("backgroundColor" , "transparent")

worked for me