TextField.setTextFormat doesn't work on part of the field

Haxe
#1

I’m trying to use the setTextFormat method of TextField object:

var fontReg = Assets.getFont ("fonts/Titillium-Regular.otf");
var fontBold = Assets.getFont ("fonts/Titillium-Bold.otf");
var tfLabel = new TextFormat (fontReg.fontName, 36, 0x000000);
var tfLabelBold = new TextFormat (fontBold.fontName, 36, 0x000000);

var txtLabel = new TextField();
txtLabel.selectable = false;
txtLabel.defaultTextFormat = tfLabel;
txtLabel.embedFonts = true;
txtLabel.wordWrap = true;
txtLabel.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
txtLabel.text = "123456";
txtLabel.setTextFormat(tfLabelBold, 0, 3);

… but the beginIndex and endIndex parameters doesn’t seem to do anything. All the text is made bold. I tried using setSelection.

The .htmlText property works with font color, but <i> and even <b> tags will actually show up.

I’m targeting HTML5 and I have no idea how I will make part of a dynamic text italic if this doesn’t work…

#2

bump - could anyone help me with this?

#3

I don’t know, but I’ll make a couple guesses.

  • What if you tried setting tfLabelBold.bold = true?
  • Double check that fontReg.fontName != fontBold.fontName.
  • Try changing the color rather than the font: var tfLabelBlue = new TextFormat(fontReg.fontName, 36, 0x0000FF).
  • Do you need to update OpenFL or Lime?
  • If you’re already running the latest versions, try running this in OpenFL 3.3.3 and Lime 2.6.2. (Because OpenFL 3.3.4 changed something about text fields.)
#4

Yes, I had tried using the .bold attribute - all the text is applied the format, regardless of the beginIndex and endIndex parameters. Same thing happens when trying to change colours that way. As I mentioned on the original post, loading .htmlText with <font color=''> seems to work to change only part of the content, but <b> and <i> do not - in this case, the tags will show up as text.

Now, how to run a project in a different Lime/OpenFL version? I couldn’t find anything in the official documentation or Google.

Thank you so much!

Is -Dlegacy supported for Flash target?
#5 
> haxelib install openfl 3.3.3
> haxelib install lime 2.6.2

Or if they’re already installed:

> haxelib set openfl 3.3.3
> haxelib set lime 2.6.2
#6

Yep, no deal. The problem persists even under those versions.

Guess I’ll just make the background images with the text pasted on them…

Thank you for the help anyway.

#7

The setTextFormat function has not been fully implemented yet.

See the source code here:

https://github.com/openfl/openfl/blob/develop/openfl/text/TextField.hx#L513-L537

The default text format is being assigned but not actually applied in any way.

#8

Ah. Nice catch. I could also see that when it comes to HTML tags there’s only a crude search for the tag and only font, size and color are implemented.

Thanks for confirming I should stop pursuing this.

#9

Ah, so that’s the difference. It works for me because I’m using Legacy, and it doesn’t work for you because you’re using Next.