# Total amount of lines in textfield?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/total-amount-of-lines-in-textfield/169530>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 17, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/total-amount-of-lines-in-textfield/169530 "2005-11-17T00:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![imbuez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/imbuez/32/645_2.png) [@imbuez](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imbuez)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/total-amount-of-lines-in-textfield/169530/1 "2005-11-17T00:14:33Z")

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Im i being a spoon here?is there a way you can find out how many lines of text there are in a dynamic textfield?I would like to display some buttons to scroll up and down but only if there is an overflow on my textfield.Is this pos?  
Thanks