# My Textfield is not working

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**Created:** [May 4, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-textfield-is-not-working/287624 "2009-05-04T14:09:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-textfield-is-not-working/287624/1 "2009-05-04T14:09:58Z")

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I have a weird problem with my textfields…  
They are not displaying at all. I’ve tried embedding/unembedding the fonts, removing all animations, but I can’t see anything.  
What’s weird is, a few days ago it was working fine. Then I changed some of the code a bit, then changed it back. AFAIK, my code now is just the same a few days ago.

```auto

[Embed(systemFont='Arial', fontName='spArial', mimeType='application/x-font')]
public static var ArialFont:Class;

//...

private function initFormat(font:String = "spArial", size:Number = 16, color:uint = 0x33CCFF, bold:Boolean = false):void {
	_format = new TextFormat(font, size, color, bold);
}
		
private function initTextfield():void {
	_textfield = new TextField();
	_textfield.defaultTextFormat = _format;
	_textfield.selectable = false;
	_textfield.text = _status;
	_textfield.multiline = true;
	_textfield.width = textboxWidth - 10;
	_textfield.wordWrap = true;
	_textfield.embedFonts = true;
	
	addChild(_textfield);
}

```