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Shape object
Last updated 5/2/2011
shape.isDrawingObject
Availability
Flash 8.
Usage
shape.isDrawingObject
Description
Read-only property; if
true , the shape is a drawing object.
Example
The following example stores the first selected object in the
sel variable and then uses the element.elementType and
shape.isDrawingObject properties to determine if the selected item is a drawing object:
var sel = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0];
var shapeDrawingObject = (sel.elementType == "shape") && sel.isDrawingObject;
fl.trace(shapeDrawingObject);
See also
document.crop() , document.deleteEnvelope() , document.intersect() , document.punch() ,
document.union() , shape.isGroup
shape.isGroup
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
shape.isGroup
Description
Read-only property; if
true , the shape is a group. A group can contain different types of elements, such as text
elements and symbols. However, the group itself is considered a shape, and you can use the shape.isGroup property
no matter what types of elements the group contains.
Example
The following example stores the first selected object in the
sel variable and then uses the element.elementType and
shape.isGroup properties to determine if the selected item is a group:
var sel = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0];
var shapeGroup = (sel.elementType == "shape") && sel.isGroup;
fl.trace(shapeGroup);
See also
shape.isDrawingObject