TextInput as Label

I have often seen the need to make a TextInput behave like a Label. This need generally comes from a form which is in editable/read only mode.

Here is a TextInput mxml that shows you what properties and styles need to change to make the TextInput behave like a Text or Label.

  <com:TextInput text="prashant" 
    backgroundAlpha="0" borderStyle="none" 
    editable="false" focusThickness="0"/>

I remember seeing an example posted by someone where a Label was included inside the TextInput and then with the help of some black magic, the Label is displayed and UITextField inside the TextInput is made invisible. I liked my solution more for the simple fact that it does not have to add any extra uicomponents and works on the same object which is the UITextField.

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The demo extends the TextInput class and adds a new property called "useAsLabel".