[FLEX-17721] Setting backgroundColor style on RichTextEditor causes text formatting to revert to defaults

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK 3.2 (Release)
• Component/s: mx: Rich Text Editor
• Environment: Affected OS(s): All OS Platforms; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 21/Feb/09 09:48
• Updated: 12/Mar/09 16:30

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Compile and run attached MXML file
2. Select the existing text and format it as fontSize: 24, bold, italic, underline, and purple.
3. Click the Button to change the RichTextEditor control's internal TextArea's background color.

Actual Results:
After clickig the button and setting the background color, the applied styles are lost and the text formatting returns to its default state.

Expected Results:
Applied styles should be maintained.

Workaround (if any):
Re-set the RichTextEditor's htmlText property after calling setStyle() on the internal TextArea (see attached file).