I MIGHT HAVE SOLVED THE SCROLLING PROB!...kinda

programming flash
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Well now that you are pumped…jk. I found a really nice component where all it is is a minimalistic scrollbar, but I can’t get it to work! The only things you can customize are: Target text field and colors…thats it.

here’s the code to the component if you really want it :slight_smile:
Thanks a bundle, hope this solves other peoples probs too!

// ***************************************************************
// zMinimalTextSlider
// No-bull-**** text slider. Clean, simple, minimal.
// Intended to be used with the zMinimalTextButton component.
//
// Version 1.0.2
// Last update April 4th
//
// By zeh - zeh@fatorcaos.com.br
// ***************************************************************

// PS: Some variable names are in brazilian portuguese

// Needed functions **********************************************

// Rule of three
rot = function (a, b, x) {
return ((x * b) / a);
};

// Resets the deal: reads the maximum number of visible lines
function reset() {
tx.scroll = 1;
if (tx.maxscroll > 1) numlinhas = tx.bottomScroll - tx.scroll;
}

// Update: called when the scroll has to be redraw
function update() {
if (!foreground.dragando) {
if (tx.maxscroll > 1) {
if (numlinhas == undefined) numlinhas = tx.bottomScroll - tx.scroll;
// Enables
_alpha = 100;
if (tx.scroll > tx.maxscroll) tx.scroll = tx.maxscroll; // fixes a weird error of not updating .scroll when a part of the text is deleted from the end of the string
foreground._height = rot(tx.maxscroll+numlinhas,tx.bottomScroll-tx.scroll+1, background._height);
foreground._y = rot(tx.maxscroll-1,tx.scroll-1,background._height-foreground._height);
foreground.onRollover = background.onRollover = function() {
// Hello! function!!!1 Please do nothing! Thanks!!!111
}
foreground.useHandCursor = useHand;
background.useHandCursor = useHand;
} else {
// Disables
_alpha = disAlpha;
foreground._y = 0;
foreground._height = background._height;
delete (foreground.onRollover);
delete (background.onRollover);
foreground.useHandCursor = false;
background.useHandCursor = false;
}
}
}

// Scroller functions *********************************************

foreground.onLoad = function () {
this.dragando = false;
this.offset = 0;
};

foreground.onMouseDown = function () {
// Checks if a drag should start
if (this.hitTest (_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false)) {
this.dragando = true;
this.offset = this._y - _parent._ymouse;
}
};

foreground.onMouseUp = function () {
// Ends drag, if any
this.dragando = false;
};

foreground.onMouseMove = function () {
// Move and update, if being dragged
if (this.dragando) {
this._y = _parent._ymouse + this.offset;
if (this._y < 0) this._y = 0;
// this._parent = explicit reference to the object’s parent from a function scope
if ((this._y + this._height) > this._parent.background._height) this._y = this._parent.background._height - this._height;
tx.scroll = rot(this._parent.background._height, this._y, tx.maxScroll+numlinhas)+1;
}
}

// Background functions *********************************************
background.onMouseDown = function () {
// Verifies if the background has been clicked
if (this.hitTest (_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false) && !this._parent.foreground.hitTest (_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, false)) {
if (this._parent._ymouse < this._parent.foreground._y) {
// Big scroll up
this.contador = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
if (this.contador % 5 == 0) tx.scroll -= numlinhas;
this.contador++;
if (this._parent._ymouse >= this._parent.foreground._y) delete (this.onEnterFrame);
}
} else if (this._parent._ymouse > this._parent.foreground._y+this._parent.foreground._height) {
// Big scroll down
this.contador = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
if (this.contador % 5 == 0) tx.scroll += numlinhas;
this.contador++;
if (this._parent._ymouse <= this._parent.foreground._y+this._parent.foreground._height) delete (this.onEnterFrame);
}
}
}
};

background.onMouseUp = function () {
delete (this.onEnterFrame);
};

// Mousewheel functions *********************************************

this.onEnterFrame = function() {
// Checks to see if it’s inside this textfield’s bounding box

// I can't use a object watch event because there might be different
// textfields on the same screen - an object property can't have
// two different watchers.
var mx = tx._parent._xmouse;
var my = tx._parent._ymouse;
if (mx &gt;= tx._x && mx &lt;= tx._x + tx._width && my &gt;= tx._y && my &lt;= tx._y + tx._height) {
	// It's IN
	
	// Mouse wheel movement is expressed in ticks, which are bigger
	// than simple line movements - they depend on the current mouse
	// wheel speed set on the user's system. This calculation is done
	// to reach a reasonable rate of line movement according to the
	// user's mouse wheel movement.
	ticksPerLine = 60;
	if ((_level0.__wheelDelta + 0) != 0) {
		tx.scroll -= (_level0.__wheelDelta/ticksPerLine);
		_level0.__wheelDelta = 0;
	}
}

};

// Initializes ******************************************************

// Shortcuts
tx = _parent[textfield_name];

// Reset size to 1:1
background._height = this._height;
this._yscale = 100;

// Sets colors
clr = new Color(foreground);
clr.setRGB (fgColor);
foreground._alpha = fgAlpha;

clr = new Color(background);
clr.setRGB (bgColor);
background._alpha = bgAlpha;

delete (clr);

// Sets text update functions and initializes
tx.reset = reset;
tx.reset();
tx.onChanged = tx.onScroller = update;
tx.onChanged();

// End: sit down and wait ******************************************

stop();