| TextField._xscale Property | Flash 6 |
| width of a text field, as a percentage of original | read/write |
The floating-point _xscale property specifies the width of theField's bounding box, relative to its original width, expressed as a percentage. The original width is either the width of the field at authoring time or the width most recently specified (via either MovieClip.createTextField( ) or _width). Text in the field is scaled only if embedFonts is true; otherwise, it is not affected by _xscale. This contrasts with _yscale, which always affects theField's text scale. Note that scaling text horizontally but not vertically stretches it disproportionately. Use a TextFormat object for precise control over text's point size.
When the current width of theField is the same as its original width, _xscale is 100. An _xscale of 200 doubles theField's width relative to its original width. An _xscale of 50 halves theField's width relative to its original width.
When _xscale is set to a negative value and embedFonts is true, theField is flipped horizontally, as if across a vertical mirror running along its left edge (i.e., it becomes a mirror image of itself), after which the negative value is treated as a positive. To flip a text field horizontally without resizing it, set _xscale to -_xscale (negative _xscale).
this.createTextField("field1_txt", 1, 0, 0, 200, 20);
field1_txt.text = "This is twice as wide.";
field1_txt.border = true;
this.createTextField("field2_txt", 2, 0, 25, 200, 20);
field2_txt.text = "This is backwards!";
field2_txt.border = true;
// Double the width of theField_txt
field1_txt._xscale *= 2;
// Create a mirror image of theField_txt
field2_txt._xscale = -field2_txt_xscale;
MovieClip._xscale, TextField._width, TextField._yscale, the TextFormat class
