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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"

  • "tlfText" (Flash Pro CS5 and later)

  • "instance"

  • "shapeObj"

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);
}