Applying different background colors to selected paragraphs

Question

Hello there,
In the text that is loaded dynamically as XML (i.e. markup format) I need to specify background color for selected paragraphs.
So, I tried this: <p backgroundColor='#800000'>.
Alas, it has no effect.
What puzzles me even more is that declaring this attribute in span DOES work:
<p><span backgroundColor='#800000'>Lorem impsum ... </span></p>
This way it does change the background color, albeit, it is not solid background but sort of highlight of the text lines.
Although, it's not ideal, I could live with that, but still would be interested to find out: what am I missing?
After all, span can't have children, so it is a patch rather then nice solution.
So, far I couldn't find the explanation of that behavior - ignoring 'backgroundColor' attribute in the paragraph tag.
I'm on Mac 10.6.6 and use TLF 2.0 build 228
BTW, searching for an answer I found a typo in the official TLF 1.1 Markup specification that was published back in December:
6.3.13 backgroundColor attribute
<xs:attribute name="textAlpha" type="xs:text" default=" transparent"/>
Background color of the text.
backgroundColor is non-inheriting.
Valid values include:
• transparent: No color is applied.
• <hexadecimal value>: A value that conforms to the color data type.
Thanks,
Igor Borodin

Answer 1

Here is the app and the screen shot of the runtime error:
<?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" >
<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import spark.utils.TextFlowUtil;
XML.ignoreWhitespace = false;
[Bindable]
private var txtXML:XML = <TextFlow version="2.0.0" xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008" fontSize='18' >   
    <p>
<g>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
<span color='#880000'>consectetur adipiscing elit.</span>
Quisque tempus, eros ac dignissim interdum, elit sem euismod velit,
<span fontStyle='italic'>eget laoreet urna metus nec enim.</span>
</g>
</p>
</TextFlow>
]]>
</fx:Script>
<s:RichText horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0" width="200"
textFlow="{TextFlowUtil.importFromXML(txtXML)}" />
</s:Application>
I'm on Mac 10.6.6 Flex Hero 4.5 TLF 2.0 build 228
It's the same on Safari and FireFox
HTH,
Igor Borodin