User Guide

94 The Fireworks Object Model
You can use the information in the following sections to return or set property values.
Working with properties for any selected object
You can get values for the following read-only properties of any type of selected object:
■ top
■ left
■ width
■ height
■ visible
■ opacity
■ blendMode
■ name
■ mask
To return the name of the selected object, type the following code:
objectName=fw.selection[0].name;
The following properties contain other read-only properties that you can return:
elementMask
■ element
■ linked
■ enabled
■ mode
■ showAttrs
■ autoExpandImages
effectList
■ name
■ effects
To return the name of the first effect that is applied to the selected object, type the following
code:
effectName=fw.selection[0].effectList.effects[0].name;
NOTE
The return value for a property may be null.