CSS problem in flash

programming flash
1

I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong here (my css skills are really poor) or if it isn’t supported in flash, either way could anyone tell me why this isn’t working:

var str:String = 	"a.whatever:link { color:#FF0000 }" +
					"a.whatever:hover { color:#0000FF }";
	
var ss:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet ();
ss.parseCSS (str);

var textField:TextField = new TextField ();
textField.styleSheet = ss;
textField.htmlText = '<a class="whatever" href="http://www.google.com">test</a>';

addChild (textField);

Thanks.

2

I believe Flash only supports simple pseudo-class selectors (ie. a:link), not classed ones, as you are asking for there.

3

:frowning: Thanks I’ll look into alternatives