PowerPoint.ShapeType enum

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 = 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

geometricShape = "GeometricShape"

The shape is a geometric shape such as rectangle

group = "Group"

The shape is a group shape which contains sub-shapes

image = "Image"

The shape is an image

line = "Line"

The shape is a line

table = "Table"

The shape is a table

unsupported = "Unsupported"

The given shape's type is unsupported.