element.elementType

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

element.elementType

Description

Read-only property; a string that represents the type of the specified element. The value is one of the following: "shape", "text", "instance", or "shapeObj". A "shapeObj" is created with an extensible tool.

Example

The following example stores the type of the first element in the eType variable:

// In a new file, place a movie clip on first frame top layer, and
// then run this line of script.
var eType = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].elementType; // eType = instance

The following example displays several properties for all the elements in the current layer or frame:

var tl = fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline()
var elts = tl.layers[tl.currentLayer].frames[tl.currentFrame].elements;
for (var x = 0; x < elts.length; x++) {
    var elt = elts[x];
    fl.trace("Element "+ x +" Name = " + elt.name + " Type = " + elt.elementType + " location = " + elt.left + "," + elt.top + " Depth = " + elt.depth);
}

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