document.getTransformationPoint()

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

document.getTransformationPoint()

Parameters

None.

Returns

A point (for example, {x:10, y:20}, where x and y are floating-point numbers) that specifies the position of the transformation point (also origin point or zero point) within the selected element's coordinate system.

Description

Method; gets the location of the transformation point of the current selection. You can use the transformation point for commutations such as rotate and skew.

NOTE

Transformation points are relative to different locations, depending on the type of item selected. For more information, see document.setTransformationPoint().

Example

The following example gets the transformation point for the current selection. The transPoint.x property gives the x coordinate of the transformation point. The transPoint.y property gives the y coordinate of the transformation point.

var transPoint = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTransformationPoint();