element.top

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004.

#### Usage

element.top

#### Description

Read-only property; top side of the element. The value of element.top is relative to the upper left of the Stage for elements that are in a scene and is relative to the symbol’s registration point if the element is stored within a symbol. Use document.setSelectionBounds() (../Document_object/docu9658.md) or document.moveSelectionBy() (../Document_object/docum160.md) to set this property.

#### Example

javascript
The following example shows how the value of this property changes when an element is moved:
// Select an element on the Stage and then run this script. 
var sel = fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0];
fl.trace("Top (before) = " + sel.top); 
fl.getDocumentDOM().moveSelectionBy({x:0, y:100}); 
fl.trace("Top (after) = " + sel.top);

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