element.name

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004.

#### Usage

element.name

#### Description

Property; a string that specifies the name of the element, normally referred to as the Instance name. If the value of
element.elementType is "shape", this property is ignored. See element.elementType (../Element_object/element1.md).

#### Example

javascript
The following example sets the Instance name of the first element in Frame 1, top layer to "clip_mc": 
fl.getDocumentDOM().getTimeline().layers[0].frames[0].elements[0].name = "clip_mc";

See the element.elementType (../Element_object/element1.md) example.