element.getTransformationPoint()

Availability

Flash CS3 Professional.

Usage

element.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 element's coordinate system.

Description

Method; gets the value of the specified element's transformation point.

NOTE

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

Example

The following example gets the transformation point for the third element in the ninth frame on the first layer in the document. 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().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[8].
elements[2].getTransformationPoint();