I do not understand the difference in the autosize attributes within the textfield plugin...

what is the differences between left, right and center?

I'm using the standalone flashplayer (v9) for development... and I see no difference when I change between those three options.

also using 1.0.8b5

Thanks

Reading back over the adobe documentation I think I understand the autosize left, center, right...

as you said, with wordwrap enabled as it is... then there will not be any difference in the display horizontally... the use of either of the three will set the vertical size to expand to contain all of the text... effectively ignoring the textfield height attribute.

IF wordwrap was NOT enabled... then...

left - would hold the left side of the textfield constant, assuming based upon location and size info supplied, and expand the right side to show the text

right - would hold the right side constant, based upon location and size specified, and expand the field to the left as needed.

center - holds the vertical center constant and expands right / left as needed... assuming equally... to show the text.

I'm not sure if there would be a benefit to change the textfield plugin in order to allow selection of wordwrap as true / false... which would enable the autosize right, left, center to function... but that may be a consideration to take.