User Guide

Shape object 269
shape.isGroup
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
shape.isGroup
Description
Read-only property; if true, the shape is a group.
Example
The following example stores the first selected item object in the sel variable and then uses the
element.elementType and shape.isGroup properties to test if the selected item is a group:
var sel = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0];
var theShapeIsReallyAGroup = (sel.elementType == "shape") && sel.isGroup;
shape.vertices
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
shape.vertices
Description
Read-only property; an array of Vertex objects (see Vertex object).
Example
The following example stores the first selected item object in the someShape variable and then
shows the number of vertices for that object in the Output panel:
var someShape = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0];
fl.trace("The shape has " + someShape.vertices.length + " vertices.");