# getElementById for AS3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getelementbyid-for-as3/248241>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 5, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getelementbyid-for-as3/248241 "2008-01-05T17:24:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![walterw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@walterw](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/walterw)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getelementbyid-for-as3/248241/1 "2008-01-05T17:24:52Z")

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Is there a way to get an element by Id similar to the Javascript method? Also, is there a good site that lists all the API per class type like JavaDocs? I am trying to style components in flex using CSS.

Thanks,  
Walter