How to use superscripting in flex?

Question

I want to add a label in flex to display m/s2 (read meters per second square). I would need to use superscripting for this.

I have tried out the following code whic

Answer 1

This is the code I used in my iPad app to accomplish the above:

var xmlText:String = "m/s <span baselineShift='superscript'>2</span>";
var txtFlow:TextFlow = TextFlowUtil.importFromString(xmlText);
var richTxt:RichText = new RichText();              
richTxt.textFlow = txtFlow;
this.addElement(richTxt);

It is based on kaychaks and information I found from Adobe's website. The differences are

• I took out the TextFlow markup but left in the HTML;
• importFromString rather than importFromXML; and
• I added this.addElement(richText) to display the element.

Answer 2

I think you've to do something like this

var xmlText:String = "<TextFlow xmlns='http://ns.adobe.com/textLayout/2008'>" +
                     "m/s <span baselineShift='superscript'>2</span>" +
                     "</TextFlow>";

var txtFlow:TextFlow = TextFlowUtil.importFromXML(xmlText);

var richTxt:RichText = new RichText();
richtxt.textFlow = txtFlow;

I've not tested it so please excuse me of any compilation errors.