It took me 42 years to find out how to disable text selecting in a text area
component. Nothing in help or in these forums about it.
textArea.label.selectable = false; it the key and it works great UNLESS you
load swf containing textarea into another swf. Then when you scroll the text it
will select ALL the text. Why is Flash so buggy when it comes to text. Anyone
have a solution?

Hi,
This had me pulling hair for hours!

Seems to be solved when within the Component Inspector - > Schema -> set 'Read
Only to 'true'
You have to publish as a Version 7 movie but acceptable for me :)

Hope this helps prevent significant hair loss!