# textArea component - making it non-selectab;e

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-making-it-non-selectab-e/36336>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 25, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-making-it-non-selectab-e/36336 "2003-11-25T16:57:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![j0se](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/j0se/32/44_2.png) [@j0se](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/j0se)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-making-it-non-selectab-e/36336/1 "2003-11-25T16:57:35Z")

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Hi guys!

I don’t seem to be able to make my textArea comp non-selectable

I’ve set it through the component’s properties AND I’ve set it in code:

textArea.selectable = false;  
textArea.editable = false;

is there another property I need to target?

cheers  
:h:

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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:** [February 12, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textarea-component-making-it-non-selectab-e/36336/2 "2004-02-12T14:22:16Z")

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Try this:

[AS][TextArea instance].label.selectable = false;[/AS]