# htmlText problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-problem/118137>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 3, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-problem/118137 "2004-08-03T02:12:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rysolag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-problem/118137/1 "2004-08-03T02:12:32Z")

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I have a textField and I am using it’s .htmlText property. when i set preferences to flash player 6 ‘\<br\>’ tags do what they are supposed to do and create a new line. if i set preferences to flash player 7 the ‘\<br\>’ tag does not work. anyone know why. i need to use player 7 becase i need to be able to modify the context menu; so using player six is not an option.

thanks

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**Author:** ![eyezberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/77aa72/32.png) [@eyezberg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eyezberg)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-problem/118137/2 "2004-08-03T05:53:43Z")

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did you set textfield.html = true; ?

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**Author:** ![rysolag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-problem/118137/3 "2004-08-03T07:25:52Z")

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yeah, someone else said that player 7 adheres to well formed tags so you have to use \<br/\>, but it still does not work.

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**Author:** ![JakeO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JakeO](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JakeO)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-problem/118137/4 "2004-08-03T07:52:24Z")

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could you post an example of your html text?

-Jake

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**Author:** ![rysolag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-problem/118137/5 "2004-08-03T09:55:24Z")

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forget this thread; i fixed it with a hack.🙂