# Text Field Sizing

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-sizing/38460>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 23, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-sizing/38460 "2003-12-23T04:46:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kovax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ab992/32.png) [@Kovax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Kovax)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-sizing/38460/1 "2003-12-23T04:46:29Z")

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Does anyone know how to size a text field by entering exact numbers, while not causing a transform. Dragging the text field handle is a bit time consuming…

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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:** [December 23, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-sizing/38460/2 "2003-12-23T06:53:46Z")

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umm no, that’s just how it works.

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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:** [December 24, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-sizing/38460/3 "2003-12-24T02:53:56Z")

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you can draw one in AS using createTextField

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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:** [December 24, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-field-sizing/38460/4 "2003-12-24T04:22:27Z")

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yea…that is probably the best solution.

Thanks.