# \[AS3\] Stacking Multiline Textboxes eg

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-stacking-multiline-textboxes-eg/274691>\
**Category:** open source\
**Created:** [November 3, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-stacking-multiline-textboxes-eg/274691 "2008-11-03T05:44:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![bootiteq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@bootiteq](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bootiteq)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as3-stacking-multiline-textboxes-eg/274691/1 "2008-11-03T05:44:04Z")

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paste onto a frame

```auto

var pastTF:TextField;
var vSpace:Number = 5;
var yVal:Number;

function init (num:Number):void {
	for (var i:Number = 0; i < num; i++) {
		var sampleText:TextField = new TextField();
		sampleText.width = 250;
		sampleText.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
		sampleText.multiline = true;
		sampleText.wordWrap = true;
		sampleText.border = true;
		sampleText.text = inserRandomText ();

		i>0 ? yVal = vSpace + pastTF.height + pastTF.y: yVal=0;
		sampleText.y = yVal;

		addChild (sampleText);
		pastTF = sampleText;
	}
}

function inserRandomText ():String {
	var len:Number = Math.random()*50;
	var str:String = new String();
	for (var n=0; n<len; n++) {
		str += "hello ";
	}
	return str;
}

init(20);

```