element.name

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

element.name

Description

Property; a string that specifies the name of the element, normally referred to as the Instance name. If the value of element.elementType is "shape", this property is ignored. See element.elementType.

Example

The following example sets the Instance name of the first element in Frame 1, top layer to "clip_mc":

fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].name = "clip_mc"; 

See the element.elementType example.