How to auto scroll to bottom page in a TextArea:

Below is the code to autoscroll your mouse cursor to the bottom of the TextArea.

import fl.controls.TextArea;

import flash.utils.setTimeout;

var outputTA : TextArea;

createTextArea(50, 50, 100, 100);

showMessage("How to auto scroll to bottom page in a textfield:\n");

showMessage("this is top!");

showMessage("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");

showMessage("this is bottom!");

  

/**

 * Creates the text area.

 */

function createTextArea(x:Number, y:Number, width:Number, height:Number) : void

{

    outputTA = new TextArea();

    outputTA.setSize(width, height);

    outputTA.move(x, y);

    addChild(outputTA);

}

/**

 * Display message to text area

 */

function showMessage(message:String):void

{

    outputTA.text += message + "\n";

    autoscroll();

}

/**

 * Automatically scroll to the bottom of the textarea

 */

function autoscroll():void

{

    setTimeout(function():void{outputTA.verticalScrollPosition = outputTA.maxVerticalScrollPosition;},100);

}