getCharBoundaries equivalent in spark text components

Dave,

Sorry, I haven't tried this yet myself, but is this post helpful? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/453085

Feel free to file an enhancement request at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/ if you think this is a common use case and should be made easier.

Peter

dave,

How about: richEdTxt.textFlow.flowComposer ?

Peter

dave,

Good catch! Can you please file a bug at http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/ and include a simple test case (actually, I was able to repro with the test case below if you want to use that code)? (and then post the bug number here so I can subscribe and assign to the correct person).

You can see from the code below that the flowComposer seems to be null by default, but if you edit the code you will get a flowComposer object back.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo">
    <s:layout>
        <s:VerticalLayout paddingLeft="20" paddingTop="20" />
    </s:layout>
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.utils.ObjectUtil;
            private function init():void {
                debug.text = ObjectUtil.toString(richEdTxt.textFlow.flowComposer);
                btn.enabled = false;
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <s:RichEditableText id="richEdTxt" change="btn.enabled = true;">
        <s:textFlow>
            <s:TextFlow>
                <s:p>The quick brown <s:span fontWeight="bold">fox jumps over</s:span> the lazy dog</s:p>
            </s:TextFlow>
        </s:textFlow>
    </s:RichEditableText>
    <s:Button id="btn" label="get flowComposer" click="init();" />
    <s:TextArea id="debug" width="550" height="300" />
</s:Application>

Thanks,

Peter