# Bold?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bold/64824>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 20, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bold/64824 "2004-09-20T14:01:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![arturo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arturo/32/761_2.png) [@arturo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arturo)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bold/64824/1 "2004-09-20T14:01:14Z")

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Hi, how I can place Bold letters inside TextArea components?

thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bold/64824/2 "2004-09-20T14:24:04Z")

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> [@arturo](#):
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> Hi, how I can place Bold letters inside TextArea components?
> 
> thanks

Hi,

Not very clear about ur question. But still see is this is what u looking 4

yourTextArea.html = true; // yourTextArea is the name given to  
// TextArea component  
yourTextArea.htmlText = “Hi “+”\<b\>” + arturo + “\</b\>”;

If u want everythign in bold letters then u can set bold property to true.

yourTextArea.bold = true;

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aShIsh

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bold/64824/3 "2004-09-21T21:25:41Z")

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> [@ashishchandras](#):
>
> Hi,
> 
> Not very clear about ur question. But still see is this is what u looking 4
> 
> yourTextArea.html = true; // yourTextArea is the name given to  
> // TextArea component  
> yourTextArea.htmlText = “Hi “+”\<b\>” + arturo + “\</b\>”;
> 
> If u want everythign in bold letters then u can set bold property to true.
> 
> yourTextArea.bold = true;
> 
> * * *
> 
> aShIsh

well, thanks a lot dude, but it’s not working, my TextArea it’s called tacodigo, I placed this:

yourTextArea.bold = true;

but it’s not working, i’m populating that component from a XML file

thanks!!!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/bold/64824/4 "2004-09-22T04:52:40Z")

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> [@arturo](#):
>
> well, thanks a lot dude, but it’s not working, my TextArea it’s called tacodigo, I placed this:
> 
> yourTextArea.bold = true;
> 
> but it’s not working, i’m populating that component from a XML file
> 
> thanks!!!

Hi

I am sorry to get this work (.bold = true) u need to have a dynamic textfield or input textfield. Anyways here is another way, since TextArea Component supports html property.

var makeBold = “\<b\>”;  
var makeBoldClose = “\</b\>”;  
tavodiago.html = true;  
tavodiago.text ="hello " + makeBold + “abcd” + makeBoldClose + " how are you " ;

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aShIsH  
This is the way it will work