TextArea

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" backgroundGradientAlphas="[1.0, 1.0]" backgroundGradientColors="[#8E4343, #8E4343]">

                 <mx:Panel title="TextArea Control" layout="vertical" color="0xffffff" borderAlpha="0.15"

         paddingTop="10" paddingRight="10" paddingBottom="10" paddingLeft="10" horizontalAlign="center">

        

         <mx:TextArea width="400" height="60" color="0x323232">

            <mx:text>

                This is a multiline, editable TextArea control. If you need

                a non-editable multiline control, use the Text control.

            </mx:text>

        </mx:TextArea>

        <mx:TextArea width="400" height="60" color="0x323232">

            <mx:htmlText><![CDATA[This is <font color="#EE1122">HTML text</font> in a <b>TextArea control</b>. Use the <u>htmlText property</u> of the <font color="#22A050">TextArea control</font> to include basic HTML markup in your text.]]></mx:htmlText>

        </mx:TextArea>

       

    </mx:Panel>

</mx:Application>