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Show the selection in TextInput Control
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">
<mx:Script>
import mx.controls.Alert;
private function showSelectedText():void
{
var beginIndex:int = myInput.selectionBeginIndex;
var endIndex:int = myInput.selectionEndIndex;
var selectedText:String = myInput.text.substring(beginIndex, endIndex);
myInput.setFocus();
myInput.selectionBeginIndex = beginIndex;
myInput.selectionEndIndex = endIndex;
Alert.show(selectedText, "Selected Text");
}
</mx:Script>
<mx:HBox>
<mx:Label text="Enter some text and select them:"/>
<mx:TextInput id="myInput"/>
<mx:Button label="Show selected text" click="showSelectedText()"/>
</mx:HBox>
</mx:Application>
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