non-editable PromptingTextArea removes the prompt when user clicks in the area

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a PromptingTextArea object, set editable=false, selectable=true,
text=""

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I'd like the prompt to stay visible when the user clicks in the box.  If I
click another object in the window that updates the display (such as
checking a checkbox), the prompt comes back.  It may just come back as the
area box goes out of focus, not quite sure.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Right now I am testing with Flex 2 SDK using the Flex 3 Builder.  Runtime
was Firefox on the Mac, Flash 9.0 r115.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mitch.ha...@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2008 at 12:49

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Original comment by dmcc...@gmail.com on 8 Jan 2009 at 5:55

• Added labels: FlexLib-PromptingTextInput

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Two things:
- This is exactly the expected behaviour of the prompting text components: they 
have prompt that goes away 
when the user clicks in the box.
- What's the point of using a non editable prompting text input/area?

Marking as invalid.

Original comment by olarivain@gmail.com on 29 Mar 2010 at 1:21

• Changed state: Invalid