# Scrolling is evil
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 7, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592 "2004-04-07T06:00:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@RadioactveChimp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RadioactveChimp)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592/1 "2004-04-07T06:00:06Z")
Grr I am looking for a MX 04 tutorial to make a scrolling text field…any ideas? A component would be awesome 🙂
-Dean 🍺
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592/2 "2004-04-07T06:46:17Z")
I thought MX 04 had a TextArea component that did this? It’s sorta like the ScrollBar component in Flash MX, but instead it’s a textarea with the option of a scrollbar or something like that (haven’t used MX 04 yet so i’m not sure).
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592/3 "2004-04-07T06:54:43Z")
it’s weird, but it’s alright, I just picked up a component 🙂 Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592/4 "2004-04-07T07:39:15Z")
I’ve attached a zip file which contains a fla.
In it you will see two textfields.
The first is a TextArea component, which will automatically attach a scrollbar if the text cannot fit in the Area.
The second is a regular dynamic textfield that will scroll on a time-based event.
I’ve used the following AS:
```auto
function autoScroll(){
My_tf.scroll +=1;
}
setInterval(autoScroll, 1000);
//This will call the function autoScroll every 1000 milliseconds (1.0 sec)
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592/5 "2004-04-07T18:11:29Z")
thanks wazone! But I said in my previous post I picked up a component already :ne:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-is-evil/106592/6 "2004-04-07T18:48:53Z")
Well Im gonna get some use out of that. TY Waztone.