As with all other portions of this application, the first step in setting up the tool is adding the ActionScript to the tool’s button to set our _root.isactive variable’s value to reflect the text tool.
Deconstructing the Paint Application VII: The Text Tool
By Adrien-Luc Sanders, About.com
The Text Tool for the paint application is less a standard text tool and more an input text box that takes up the entire canvas area, with text that can be formatted in weight, size, and color according to user input. It can be spaced typewriter-style with line breaks and keyboard spaces.
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Index: Deconstructing the Paint Application VII: The Text Tool
- Setting the Text Tool as the Active Tool
- Setting Font Options on Load
- Defining the Text Format Dynamically
- Changing the Text Field Type to Edit
- Creating the Actual Text Field
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