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flash.text.engine 
BreakOpportunity 
Packageflash.text.engine
Classpublic final class BreakOpportunity
InheritanceBreakOpportunity Inheritance Object

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

The BreakOpportunity class is an enumeration of constant values that you can use to set the breakOpportunity property of the ElementFormat class. This property determines which characters can be used for breaking when wrapping text is broken into multiple lines.

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Public Properties
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 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
 Inheritedprototype : Object
[static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Object
Public Methods
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 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
Public Constants
 ConstantDefined By
  ALL : String = "all"
[static] Treats all characters in the ContentElement object as mandatory line break opportunities.
BreakOpportunity
  ANY : String = "any"
[static] Treats any character in the ContentElement object as a line break opportunity.
BreakOpportunity
  AUTO : String = "auto"
[static] Bases line break opportunities on Unicode character properties.
BreakOpportunity
  NONE : String = "none"
[static] Treats no characters in the ContentElement object as line break opportunities.
BreakOpportunity
Constant Detail

ALL

Constant
public static const ALL:String = "all"

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Treats all characters in the ContentElement object as mandatory line break opportunities. You can use this option to generate the shortest possible lines, which you can use to create text on a line or similar effects.

ANY

Constant 
public static const ANY:String = "any"

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Treats any character in the ContentElement object as a line break opportunity. This value is typically used when Roman text is embedded in Asian text and it is desirable for breaks to happen in the middle of words.

AUTO

Constant 
public static const AUTO:String = "auto"

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Bases line break opportunities on Unicode character properties. This setting implements the Unicode line breaking properties defined by the Unicode Standard Annex #14.

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NONE

Constant 
public static const NONE:String = "none"

Language Version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime Versions: Flash Player 10, AIR 1.5

Treats no characters in the ContentElement object as line break opportunities.