# htmlText question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-question/320362>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 21, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-question/320362 "2011-03-21T18:48:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![vfistri1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@vfistri1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vfistri1)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/htmltext-question/320362/1 "2011-03-21T18:48:51Z")

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so i have a textfield t and some string stri"\<a href=‘[www.google.com](http://www.google.com)’\>link \</a\>"  
now i add string to textfield as html formated text  
t.htmlText = stri;  
is there any way to change link color strictly throught manipulating string stri, or i actually need to apply stylesheet?