# textWidth problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textwidth-problem/231502>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textwidth-problem/231502 "2007-07-05T12:39:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Crasher](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Crasher)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/textwidth-problem/231502/1 "2007-07-05T12:39:03Z")

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Hi Folks

I got a little problem which I cant seem to figure out.  
I created a dynamic textfield and used textWidth to determine the width which worked fine but when I update the text textWidth still returns the width of the text I loaded first.

Thanks in advance  
Crasher