Manage Elements

These operations traverse scenes and groups to locate related elements.

msc.findElements(container, objs, includePrimitives)#

Finds elements inside a container that match a set of predicates.

• container: Scene or Group
• objs (Array, optional): array of predicates
• includePrimitives (Boolean, optional): whether vertices and segments should also be searched
• Return type: Array

msc.getLeafMarks(elem, uniqueClassIDs)#

Returns the leaf marks under an element.

• elem: Group or Mark
• uniqueClassIDs (Boolean, optional): whether to return only one mark per class ID
• Return type: Array of Mark

msc.getPeers(elem, container)#

Returns elements that share the same class ID as the given element.

• elem: Mark, Group, vertex, or segment
• container (Scene or Group, optional): limits the search scope
• Return type: Array