getElementType
Client-side
Server-side
Shared
This function is used to retrieve the type of an element.
OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!
- Method:element:getType(...)
- Variable: .type
Syntax
string|false getElementType ( element theElement )Required Arguments
- theElement: The element you wish to get the type of.
Returns
- string|false: element type
Returns a string containing the element type, false if invalid arguments were passed.
Code Examples
shared
OOP Required
local veh = createVehicle(411, 0,0, 3)print(veh.type) -- 'vehicle'See Also
Element Functions
- addElementDataSubscriber
- attachElements
- clearElementVisibleTo
- cloneElement
- createElement
- destroyElement
- detachElements
- getAllElementDataUpdated
- getAttachedElements
- getElementAlpha
- getElementAngularVelocity
- getElementAttachedOffsets
- getElementAttachedTo
- getElementBonePosition
- getElementBoneQuaternionNew
- getElementBoneRotation
- getElementBoundingBox
- getElementByID
- getElementByIndex
- getElementChild
- getElementChildren
- getElementChildrenCount
- getElementCollisionsEnabled
- getElementColShape
- getElementData
- getElementDimension
- getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel
- getElementHealth
- getElementID
- getElementInterior
- getElementLighting
- getElementMatrix
- 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
- isElementOnFireNew
- isElementOnScreen
- isElementStreamable
- isElementStreamedIn
- isElementSyncer
- isElementVisibleTo
- isElementWaitingForGroundToLoad
- isElementWithinColShape
- isElementWithinMarker
- removeElementData
- removeElementDataSubscriber
- setElementAlpha
- setElementAngularVelocity
- setElementAttachedOffsets
- setElementBonePosition
- setElementBoneQuaternionNew
- setElementBoneRotation
- setElementCallPropagationEnabled
- setElementCollidableWith
- setElementCollisionsEnabled
- setElementDataUpdated
- setElementDimension
- setElementDoubleSided
- setElementFrozen
- setElementHealth
- setElementID
- setElementInterior
- setElementLightingNew
- setElementMatrix
- setElementModel
- setElementOnFireNew
- 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