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TextArea Component Tutorial

Published : November 14, 2014   •   Last Edited : November 24, 2025   •   Author : Adam Khoury
In this flash and actionscript 3.0 tutorial we learn how to program using the textArea component in two different scenarios, gathering text input from users and displaying our dynamic text content. The TextArea component is a multiline text field with a border and optional scroll bars. The TextArea component supports the HTML rendering capabilities of Adobe Flash Player.