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PowerPoint.ShapeType enum

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Package:
powerpoint

Specifies the type of a shape.

Remarks

[ API set: PowerPointApi 1.4 ]

Examples

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/powerpoint/shapes/get-shapes-by-type.yaml

// Changes the dash style of every line in the slide.
await PowerPoint.run(async (context) => {
  // Get the type of shape for every shape in the collection.
  const shapes: PowerPoint.ShapeCollection = context.presentation.slides.getItemAt(0).shapes;
  shapes.load("type");
  await context.sync();

  // Change the dash style for shapes of the type `line`.
  shapes.items.forEach((shape) => {
    if (shape.type === PowerPoint.ShapeType.line) {
      shape.lineFormat.dashStyle = PowerPoint.ShapeLineDashStyle.dashDot;
    }
  });
  await context.sync();
});

Fields

callout = "Callout"

The shape is a callout.
chart = "Chart"

The shape is a chart.
contentApp = "ContentApp"

The shape is a content Office Add-in.
diagram = "Diagram"

The shape is a diagram.
freeform = "Freeform"

The shape is a freeform object.
geometricShape = "GeometricShape"

The shape is a geometric shape such as rectangle.
graphic = "Graphic"

The shape is a graphic.
group = "Group"

The shape is a group shape which contains sub-shapes.
image = "Image"

The shape is an image.
ink = "Ink"

The shape is an ink object.
line = "Line"

The shape is a line.
media = "Media"

The shape is a media object.
model3D = "Model3D"

The shape is a 3D model.
ole = "Ole"

The shape is an OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) object.
placeholder = "Placeholder"

The shape is a placeholder.
smartArt = "SmartArt"

The shape is a SmartArt graphic.
table = "Table"

The shape is a table.
textBox = "TextBox"

The shape is a text box.
unsupported = "Unsupported"

The given shape's type is unsupported.