User Guide

Working with selected objects 73
To test whether a text block is selected, type the following code:
firstSelection = fw.selection[0];
if (firstSelection == "[object Text]"){
alert("I am a text block");
}
You can use the information in the following sections to return or set property values.
Note: The return value for a property may be null.
Working with properties for any selected object
You can return and set the following 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 properties that you can return or set:
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;