# Getting an as3 TextField to scroll

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**Created:** [September 10, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-an-as3-textfield-to-scroll/238363 "2007-09-10T15:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![asil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@asil](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/asil)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-an-as3-textfield-to-scroll/238363/1 "2007-09-10T15:07:01Z")

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Hi - I wonder if anyone can help me.  
I have created a new TextField within an AS3 class…  
private function setupNotes():void  
{  
notes = new TextField();  
notes.selectable = false;  
notes.x=myColumnStart+5;  
notes.y=10;  
notes.width = myWidth - myColumnStart - 10 ;  
notes.wordWrap = true;  
notes.textColor = 0x3c8421;  
notes.text = “Notes…”;  
notes.height = myHeight-15;  
notes.multiline = true;  
notes.background = true;  
notes.backgroundColor = 0x5AA23F;  
notes.name = “notesField”;

```
	}

```

(I addChild(notes) within another method).  
This sets up a TextField as a message field.  
I am trying, basically to have a notes TextField on the rhs of my stage. When the notes get bigger than the height, I want it to automatically scroll.  
What I am getting though is the text messages that I am generating (from various MouseEvents etc) filling up the box, and then I get no scroll or a one line scroll and jump back.  
I am using the following lines to generate a new message, append it to the notes field and then scroll one line on…  
notes.appendText("  
"+e.target.name);//for example  
notes.scrollV++;

So whatever i have going on, I wish at the end of a movement or drag (say) to send off a message and then scroll the notes TextField box one line down to see the latest message (the earliest message then disappearing up).  
However, all I am getting is the notes field filling up as i want, then, when a new line is added, it adds allright, but the whole field jumps back up one line.

## I think i have a problem with maxScrollV, yet this is read-only property, and (after tracing) it is set to 1. My question is how is maxScrollV set? and how can i get my TextField to scroll properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated

## alex