Any way to manipulate Insert/Replace mode in TextInput?

Question

Is it possible to programmatically set Replace mode in TextInput (MX, SDK 3.5) without the user having to press INSERT keyboard button?
In some cases I'd like to always overwrite text in the input, or at least overwrite it by default.
Thanks.

Answer 1

set an empty string to textInput's click property.
txt.text = " ";
<mx:TextInput id="txt" text="click here to erase this text" click="clearText(event);"/>
Check out this example:
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.Alert; 
private function clearText(event:Event):void{
          txt.text =" ";
 private function showNewText(event:Event):void{        
          Alert.show("New text: " +txt.text);
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:VBox width="100%" height="100%" verticalGap="20" > <mx:TextInput id="txt" text="click here to erase this text" click="clearText(event);"/>
 <mx:Button id="showNewTxt" label="Show Newly Entered Text" click="showNewText(event);" />
</mx:VBox>
-Shravan P.
Message was edited by: Shravan P