getElementID
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Shared
Pair: setElementID
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This function gets the ID of an element. This is the "id" attribute of the element and is a string, NOT a number like a model ID, weapons ID or similar.
Note
This function can also be used to get the resource name of any resource-data .
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- Method:element:getID(...)
- Variable: .id
Syntax
string getElementID ( element theElement )Required Arguments
- theElement: the element from which to retrieve the ID.
Returns
- string: value
This returns a string containing the element ID. It will return an empty string if it has no ID. It will return false if the element is invalid.
Code Examples
shared
To get the ID of the following element:
<flag id="northflag" posX="2365" posY="215" posZ="32" />See Also
Element Functions
- addElementDataSubscriber
- attachElements
- clearElementVisibleTo
- cloneElement
- createElement
- destroyElement
- detachElements
- getAllElementData
- getAttachedElements
- getElementAlpha
- getElementAngularVelocity
- getElementAttachedOffsets
- getElementAttachedTo
- getElementBonePosition
- getElementBoneQuaternion
- getElementBoneRotation
- getElementBoundingBox
- getElementByID
- getElementByIndex
- getElementChild
- getElementChildren
- getElementChildrenCount
- getElementCollisionsEnabled
- getElementColShape
- getElementData
- getElementDimension
- getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel
- getElementHealth
- getElementID
- getElementInterior
- getElementLighting
- getElementModel
- getElementParent
- getElementPosition
- getElementRadius
- getElementRotation
- getElementsByType
- getElementsWithinColShape
- getElementsWithinRange
- getElementSyncer
- getElementType
- getElementVelocity
- getElementZoneName
- getLowLODElement
- getRootElement
- hasElementData
- hasElementDataSubscriber
- isElement
- isElementAttached
- isElementCallPropagationEnabled
- isElementCollidableWith
- isElementDoubleSided
- isElementFrozen
- isElementInWater
- isElementLocal
- isElementLowLOD
- isElementOnFire
- isElementOnScreen
- isElementStreamable
- isElementStreamedIn
- isElementSyncer
- isElementVisibleTo
- isElementWaitingForGroundToLoad
- isElementWithinColShape
- isElementWithinMarker
- removeElementData
- removeElementDataSubscriber
- setElementAlpha
- setElementAngularVelocity
- setElementAttachedOffsets
- setElementBonePosition
- setElementBoneQuaternion
- setElementBoneRotation
- setElementCallPropagationEnabled
- setElementCollidableWith
- setElementCollisionsEnabled
- setElementData
- setElementDimension
- setElementDoubleSided
- setElementFrozen
- setElementHealth
- setElementID
- setElementInterior
- setElementLighting
- setElementModel
- setElementOnFire
- setElementParent
- setElementPosition
- setElementRotation
- setElementStreamable
- setElementSyncer
- setElementVelocity
- setElementVisibleTo
- setLowLODElement
- updateElementRpHAnim
Element Events
- onClientElementColShapeHit
- onClientElementColShapeLeave
- onClientElementDataChange
- onClientElementDestroy
- onClientElementDimensionChange
- onClientElementInteriorChange
- onClientElementModelChange
- onClientElementStreamIn
- onClientElementStreamOut
- onElementClicked
- onElementColShapeHit
- onElementColShapeLeave
- onElementDataChange
- onElementDestroy
- onElementDimensionChange
- onElementInteriorChange
- onElementModelChange
- onElementStartSync
- onElementStopSync