# Button open/close text field
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819 "2008-06-30T22:07:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@drakkonblade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drakkonblade)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819/1 "2008-06-30T22:07:36Z")
**i dont know if this solvable via flash cs3 section or its a as3 issue…**
well i still a newb on the learning curve of as3…i would appreciate and great full
to those that can help me with this…
i know and did the buttons for the text fields…
i did most of the work just it ain’t working like expected so hoping for information on how to solve this puzzle…
i want my button when pressed to open a text box in current frame; but when i press it again the same button that it closes it.
thank you very much for assistance
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### Author:  [@drakkonblade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drakkonblade)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819/2 "2008-07-01T00:37:12Z")
10+ views please if know anything that can lead me to answer please tell me. any help even from newbs be much appreciated …we all started from somewhere…
thanks again
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### Author:  [@drakkonblade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drakkonblade)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819/3 "2008-07-01T01:40:32Z")
a followup to what you asked.
what i am trying to do is as follows…
i have a button with the 3 statuses up/over/down…when i press it a textbox appears…
when i press it again then it vanishes
thank you please confirm on this asc3 to make it happen
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### Author:  [@drakkonblade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drakkonblade)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819/4 "2008-07-01T11:32:04Z")
anyone willing to view and share their wisdom to this…
thank you
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### Author:  [@Iamthejuggler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Iamthejuggler)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819/5 "2008-07-01T11:53:26Z")
First set the text object in the library to be exported for actionscript (right click and click on properties).
Then change the code to this:
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showText);
var \_text:myText = new myText();
function showText(event:MouseEvent):void {
this.addChild(\_text);
\_text.x = 100;
\_text.y = 100;
button.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showText);
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, hideText);
}
function hideText(event:MouseEvent):void {
this.removeChild(\_text);
button.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, hideText);
button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showText);
}
stop();
Should work.
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### Author:  [@drakkonblade](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/drakkonblade)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-open-close-text-field/264819/6 "2008-07-01T23:29:32Z")
thanks and deeply appreciate your effort and time with the help.
thanks and it works wonderfully :):party: