import flash.text.TextField;

import flash.text.TextFormat;

import flash.text.TextFieldType;

import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;

import flash.geom.Rectangle;

import flash.ui.Mouse;

 

var t:TextField = new TextField();

t.text = "TEXT WITH WIDE CARET HACK :D";

t.x = t.y = 20;

t.width = 500;

t.height = 500;

t.alwaysShowSelection = true;

t.multiline = t.wordWrap = true;

t.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat('_sans',20);

t.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;

addChild(t);

stage.focus = t;

t.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN,kd);

 

var CARET:String = String.fromCharCode(1);

 

function kd(e:KeyboardEvent):void {

        t.text = t.text.substr(0, t.length-1);

        t.text += CARET;

}

t.text += CARET;

 

var selected = false;

function addCaret(){

        if(selected){

                t.setSelection(t.length-1, t.length);

                t.selectable = true;

        }else{

                t.setSelection(t.length,t.length);

                t.selectable = false;

        }

        selected = !selected;

}

 

setInterval(addCaret, 500);//caret blink time