Group Shape

Examples for creating groups of shapes, accessing them, ungrouping, and removal using Aspose.Slides for Node.js via Java.

Add a Group Shape

Create a group containing two basic shapes.

function addGroupShape() {
    let presentation = new aspose.slides.Presentation();
    try {
        let slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        let group = slide.getShapes().addGroupShape();
        group.getShapes().addAutoShape(aspose.slides.ShapeType.Rectangle, 0, 0, 50, 50);
        group.getShapes().addAutoShape(aspose.slides.ShapeType.Ellipse, 60, 0, 50, 50);

        presentation.save("group_shape.pptx", aspose.slides.SaveFormat.Pptx);
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}

Access a Group Shape

Retrieve the first group shape from a slide.

function accessGroupShape() {
    let presentation = new aspose.slides.Presentation("group_shape.pptx");
    try {
        let slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        let firstGroup = null;
        for (let i = 0; i < slide.getShapes().size(); i++) {
            let shape = slide.getShapes().get_Item(i);
            if (java.instanceOf(shape, "com.aspose.slides.IGroupShape")) {
                firstGroup = shape;
                break;
            }
        }
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}

Remove a Group Shape

Delete a group shape from the slide.

function removeGroupShape() {
    let presentation = new aspose.slides.Presentation("group_shape.pptx");
    try {
        let slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        // Assuming the first shape is a group shape.
        slide.getShapes().removeAt(0);

        presentation.save("group_shape_removed.pptx", aspose.slides.SaveFormat.Pptx);
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}

Ungroup Shapes

Move shapes out of a group container.

function ungroupShapes() {
    let presentation = new aspose.slides.Presentation("group_shape.pptx");
    try {
        let slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0);

        // Assuming the first shape is a group shape.
        let group = slide.getShapes().get_Item(0);

        for (let i = 0; i < group.getShapes().size(); i++) {
            let shape = group.getShapes().get_Item(i);
            // Clone each shape from the group to the slide.
            slide.getShapes().addClone(shape);
        }

        slide.getShapes().remove(group);

        presentation.save("group_shape_ungrouped.pptx", aspose.slides.SaveFormat.Pptx);
    } finally {
        presentation.dispose();
    }
}