Overview

Summary

The Item Selector function allows CSS-style selection of elements on stage.

Contents

Background

The

See the Selectors page for more info.

API

var elements = $(':bitmap');

as

var elements = $(':bitmap');

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Selectors

Property selectors

name

The following example matches any elements on stage whose name starts with the word Item:

$('Item*');

You can also limit selections using a range. The following example selects elements on stage named from "Item_01" to "Item_10":

$('Item_{1|10}');

:type

The type selector for the Element Selector matches both the elementType, and if the element has a corresponding library item, its itemType as well.

Valid elementTypes item types are:

• :instance
• :text
• :shape
• :shapeObj

Valid itemTypes are:

• :movieclip
• :graphic
• :button
• :symbol (matches :movieclip, :graphic or :button elements)
• :bitmap
• :component
• :compiledclip
• :video

The following example returns all movieclip items on stage on the current frame:

$(':movieclip');

[attribute]

The attribute selector matches elements' attributes name and optionally none, all or a part of their values. Full details for attribute can be found on the Selectors page.

The following example returns all elements on stage which are between 100 and 500 on the x axis:

$$('[left>100][left<500]);

The same result can also be acheived using a range:

$$('[left={100|500}]);	

Pseudo selectors

:keyframed

The keyframed selector matches all elements with keyframes other than frame 0;

$(':keyframed);

:animated

The animated selector matches all elements with tweens on at least one frame of their child timelines.

The following example matches items with :

$(':animated');

:scripted

The scripted selector matches all elements with scripts on at least one frame of their child timelines.

The following example matches items with :

$(':scripted');

:audible

The scripted selector matches all elements with sound on at least one frame of their child timelines.

The following example matches items with :

$(':audible');