Actionscript 3 :: Making A "Textfield" With ButtonMode And UseHandCursor

I'm doing a software that is configurable with loaded data from XML. User can define the max "width" of an TextField and the TextFields are multiline and wrapping happens when the text wouldn't fit the width. Text for the TextFields is also loaded from the XML file and the length is arbitrary. Because TextField doesn't have neither buttonMode or useHandCursor properties I made TextFields children of sprites. So for every TextField there is a sprite as a parent.

Then the real problem: ("TextFields" are actually the sprites with a TextField as a child) The "TextFields" should not be clickable outside of the text in them. At the moment it seems like that the sprites extend to the full width of the TextFields and therefore user can actually click the "TextFields" from an area where there is no text. I "tried" to change the size of the sprite, checked the AS3 reference and now I know why everything disappeared after that. So I need a solution in which, the "TextFields" have buttomMode and useHandCursor enabled and the container should be able to cut off the area where there is no text.