# Scrolling textboxes

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-textboxes/17694>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 8, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-textboxes/17694 "2003-04-08T10:29:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kilovski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Kilovski](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kilovski)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-textboxes/17694/1 "2003-04-08T10:29:01Z")

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i followed the tutorial for the dynamically loaded textbox, it worked fine, but there seems to be a set width for text, which i cannot seem to get around. In the .txt document, i cannot fit all the text in the textbox, to be able to view it, i have to scroll across from the bottom of the textbox, this is something that i definitely do not want, as i don’t want a horizontal scroll bar.  
Altering the font size in the .txt document does not seem to have any effect. does any one have any ideas…?:q:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrolling-textboxes/17694/2 "2003-04-08T12:12:38Z")

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maybe this will work  
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();  
myTextFormat.size = 16;  
myTextField.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);

this script changes text size.