<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application name="TextArea_verticalScrollPosition_test" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" backgroundColor="white" creationComplete="init();" viewSourceURL="srcview/index.html"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ private function init():void { callLater(setMaxVScrollPos); } private function setMaxVScrollPos():void { slider.maximum = textArea.maxVerticalScrollPosition; } ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:String id="lorem" source="lorem.html" /> <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true"> <mx:Form styleName="plain"> <mx:FormItem label="verticalScrollPosition:"> <mx:HSlider id="slider" minimum="0" snapInterval="1" liveDragging="true" /> </mx:FormItem> </mx:Form> </mx:ApplicationControlBar> <mx:TextArea id="textArea" text="{lorem}" verticalScrollPosition="{slider.value}" verticalScrollPolicy="on" width="100%" height="100%" resize="init();" /> </mx:Application>