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Document object
Last updated 5/2/2011
document.selectAll()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.selectAll()
Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; selects all items on the Stage. This method is equivalent to pressing Control+A (Windows) or Command+A
(Macintosh) or selecting Edit > Select All.
Example
The following example selects everything that is currently visible to the user:
fl.getDocumentDOM().selectAll();
See also
document.selection , document.selectNone()
document.selection
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.selection
Description
Property; an array of the selected objects in the document. If nothing is selected, returns an array of length zero. If no
document is open, returns
null .
To add objects to the array, you must first select them in one of the following ways:
• Manually select object(s) on the Stage.
• Use one of the selection methods, such as document.setSelectionRect() , document.setSelectionBounds() ,
document.mouseClick() , document.mouseDblClk() , or document.selectAll() .
• Manually select a frame or frames.
• Use one of the methods of the Timeline object to select a frame or frames, such as
timeline.getSelectedFrames() , timeline.setSelectedFrames() , or timeline.selectAllFrames() .