# Text field question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-question/223077>\
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**Created:** [April 19, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-question/223077 "2007-04-19T11:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Iamthejuggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Iamthejuggler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Iamthejuggler)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-question/223077/1 "2007-04-19T11:05:14Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to create with actionscript a centred input text field, and a static field above it. My first problem is that both work fine individually but when i try and do them both the second one overwrites the first one, causing it not to display. Can you only have one text field in a movieclip?!

Secondly, when i delete the content of the input field it loses it’s align and shoots to the left.

Here is the code:

```auto

this.createEmptyMovieClip("welcome_mc",this.getNextHighestDepth());

with(welcome_mc){
    createTextField("welcome",this.getNextHighestDepth(),(Stage.width/2)-250,30,500,100);
    var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();my_fmt.align="center";my_fmt.font="Arial";my_fmt.size=16;
    with(welcome){
        multiline=true;
        wordWrap=true;
        selectable=false;
        html = true;
        htmlText ="Welcome to the Stratus eLearning Builder. <br>Please enter how many screenshots you have.";
    }
    welcome.setTextFormat(my_fmt);
    var box_ar:Array = [Stage.width/2-150,Stage.width/2+150,80,110];
    // INPUT BOX FILL
    beginFill(0xddddff,100);
    moveTo(box_ar[0],box_ar[2]);lineTo(box_ar[1],box_ar[2]);lineTo(box_ar[1],box_ar[3]);lineTo(box_ar[0],box_ar[3]);lineTo(box_ar[0],box_ar[2]);
    endFill();
    // ====================
    createTextField("num_images",this.getNextHighestDepth(),(Stage.width/2)-250,85,500,100);
    with(num_images){
        type = "input";
        html = false;
        text="How many images?";
        setTextFormat(my_fmt);
    }
}

```

Any help would be appreciated, as I’m sure these are simple problems when you know whats going on 😃