textfield.type

[dsdsdsdsd]

hello; I have a textfield which has an initial type of "dynamic"; a button is provided for the user to onPress if the user wishes to edit the textfield:
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button.onPress = function()
{ textfield_instance.type = "input";
}
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the textfield_instance.type does indeed get changed to "input" however the textfield does not become receptive to the cursor, and thus the textfield_instance is not editable by the user;
the textfield_instance does have selectable=true;
any thoughts on why this does not work?
thanks
Shannon Burnett

[oldnewbie]

my_btn.onRelease = function() { 
my_text.type = "input"; 
my_text.selectable = true;
};

Works fine!