# AS2: Adjust text box height (createTextField)
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-adjust-text-box-height-createtextfield/266990
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 27, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-adjust-text-box-height-createtextfield/266990 "2008-07-27T00:10:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Holmesc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Holmesc)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-adjust-text-box-height-createtextfield/266990/1 "2008-07-27T00:10:20Z")
I’m trying to dynamically create a static text field on the stage, but I want it to automatically shrink to the smallest height possible, much like a static text box dragged created using the Text Tool. I don’t know how to get it to work, so hopefully there is an easy answer.
Here’s my code at current:
```auto
_root.createTextField("text_box"+i,i,10,10,530,100);
_root["text_box"+i].type = "static";
_root["text_box"+i].text = text_arr*;
_root["text_box"+i].wordWrap = true;
_root["text_box"+i].multiline = true;
```
Thanks a lot!
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### Author:  [@airabove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/airabove)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-adjust-text-box-height-createtextfield/266990/2 "2008-07-27T13:37:47Z")
[COLOR=#0000FF]Try:
\_root[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][[/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]“text\_box”[/COLOR]+i[COLOR=#000000]][/COLOR]._autoSize = true_;
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### Author:  [@Holmesc](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Holmesc)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as2-adjust-text-box-height-createtextfield/266990/3 "2008-07-27T19:02:15Z")
Great, it works! Thanks guys. I guess I missed that property, because I did read the help file.