# HIghlighting the part of the text filed depending

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighting-the-part-of-the-text-filed-depending/311811>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 16, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighting-the-part-of-the-text-filed-depending/311811 "2010-07-16T20:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sonymax46](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@sonymax46](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sonymax46)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/highlighting-the-part-of-the-text-filed-depending/311811/1 "2010-07-16T20:01:24Z")

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Hi,  
im trying to implement the search functionality in Firefox … like typing for the keyword in the page… can you guys help in getting done in as3…

i Tried using setSelection (), but its not working…

Thanks in Advance