# Setting textfield to htmlText

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textfield-to-htmltext/267805>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 5, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textfield-to-htmltext/267805 "2008-08-05T22:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pherank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Pherank](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pherank)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-textfield-to-htmltext/267805/1 "2008-08-05T22:33:34Z")

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Probably a dumb question, but how do I set the following textfield to htmlText and then use \<br\> tags to place the array items each on a separate line?

```auto

var unshuffled:TextField = new TextField();
unshuffled.selectable = false;
unshuffled.multiline = true;
unshuffled.wordWrap = true;
unshuffled.border = true;
unshuffled.x = 0;
unshuffled.y = 50;
unshuffled.width = 500;
unshuffled.height = 30;
addChild(unshuffled);

var startDeck:Array = new Array();
for (var cardNum:int=0; cardNum<52; cardNum++) {
    startDeck.push(cardNum);
    unshuffled.appendText(startDeck[cardNum] + ",");
}
trace("Unshuffled:",startDeck);

```