Flash vertical text alignment in middle

Question

Hi there,

I've been looking for a way to programmatically and by default set a dynamic text box to vertically align in the middle of the box. I find it really hard to believe that there's no option to do this, unless I'm excessively blind. Else how can I fake it?

Thanks!

Answer 1

var parentContainer:DisplayObjectContainer = ...;
var textField:TextField = ...;
textField.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER; 
// set width, height, wordWrap etc if needed

//after setting the text or in the textInput event handler if the 
//textField is user editable
textField.y = parentContainer.height * 0.5 - textField.textHeight * 0.5;