# Outlining text via Actionscript.. or some automatic way
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542 "2004-09-27T15:18:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@BrettRT](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BrettRT)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542/1 "2004-09-27T15:18:47Z")
Any clues on how to have it so the text inside a textarea can be outlined, no matter what it is, through actionscript? Or some other sneaky way?
I’m not talking about using the ink tool and such, a more complex way is what I’m looking for…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542/2 "2004-09-27T16:29:56Z")
dynamic text or static text?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542/3 "2004-09-27T16:38:11Z")
It’s a text area, so not a text field. However it is dynamic text. the TextArea.text is equal to an input box that a user can input data from.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542/4 "2004-09-27T16:49:13Z")
so you want an outline around an input box?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542/5 "2004-09-27T18:55:38Z")
Sneaky way… create 2 more instances of that textbox and place them under your primary instance. Color them with the collor you want your “outline” to be… and move them one - 2px up and lelt and the other 2px down and right.
Sneaky enough :)?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542/6 "2004-09-27T19:01:14Z")
just tested it…
you should use 4 instances because with only 2… you’ll have problems at the corners.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/outlining-text-via-actionscript-or-some-automatic-way/65542/7 "2004-09-27T20:22:15Z")
Thanks for the hint it worked awesome!