Setting default values for object properties in AS3
- by Paul T
I'm an actionscript newbie so please bear with me. Below is a function, and I am curious how to set default property values for objects that are being created in a loop.
In the example below, these propeties are the same for each object created in the loop: titleTextField.selectable, titleTextField.wordWrap, titleTextField.x
If you pull these properties out of the loop, they are null because the TextField objects have not been created, but it seems silly to have to set them each time. What is the correct way to do this. Thanks!
var titleTextFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
titleTextFormat.size = 10;
titleTextFormat.font = "Arial";
titleTextFormat.color = 0xfff200;
for (var i=0; i<arrThumbPicList.length; i++) {
var yPos = 55 * i
var titleTextField:TextField = new TextField();
titleTextField.selectable = false;
titleTextField.wordWrap = true;
titleTextField.text = arrThumbTitles[i];
titleTextField.x = 106;
titleTextField.y = 331 + yPos;
container.addChild(titleTextField);
titleTextField.setTextFormat(titleTextFormat);
}
