# EXTREMELY URGENT! cannot scroll text
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extremely-urgent-cannot-scroll-text/61047
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 15, 2004, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extremely-urgent-cannot-scroll-text/61047 "2004-08-15T10:35:13Z")
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### Author:  [@ignusb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ignusb)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2004, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extremely-urgent-cannot-scroll-text/61047/1 "2004-08-15T10:35:13Z")
I have a deadline of about an hour from now, and I cannot scroll text in MX 2004… I have done everything it says to do in help, yet nothing works.
PLEASE HELP!
Guide me step by step through, only assuming i know how to access menus, use panels, input AS and use any components needed…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extremely-urgent-cannot-scroll-text/61047/2 "2004-08-15T11:59:30Z")
…and use any components needed…
then use a textarea component, it will add a scrollbar as needed…
if that’s not what you want, add more details
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/extremely-urgent-cannot-scroll-text/61047/3 "2004-08-15T12:08:53Z")
Drag the TextArea component to the stage
give it an instance name like 'mytextfield’
put it’s propertie ‘editable’ to false
be sure you don’t have anything selected
in actionscript:
mytextfield.text = “blablablalba etc”;
when your text is longer than the component,
a scrollbar will automatically show up.
good luck