# as3 HTML text issue - bewildering
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**Created:** [February 16, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-html-text-issue-bewildering/281969 "2009-02-16T09:31:24Z")\
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**Author:**  [@partimer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/partimer)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-html-text-issue-bewildering/281969/1 "2009-02-16T09:31:24Z")
Hi all,
I’ve got this tiny bit of code that adds html text to a text box on the click of a button. Another button clears the textField and another adds different html text. Trouble is that the first text includes list ‘li’ items - the second doesn’t. But the second still appears as list items - so it seems the formatting hasn’t been cleared?
I’ve not closed the li tags but surely this shouldn’t make a difference when the textField is cleared then repopulated?
I’ve tried adding stylesheets - then clearing the stylesheet when clearing the text - same thing?
Anybody else run into this at all?
Many thanks in advance.
```auto
but1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,addText1);
but2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clearText);
but3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,addText2);
function addText1(e:Event):void {
thisText.htmlText = 'List item text5,9';
}
function clearText(e:Event):void {
thisText.htmlText = '';
}
function addText2(e:Event):void {
thisText.htmlText = 'Shouldnt be a list item at all
Whats going on?
';
trace(thisText.htmlText);
}
```