---
title: "getActiveClip"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun16/13341078/getActiveClip"
format: markdown
---
# Description

Return the name of the currently active clip.

Useful when querying the scene for the currently active clip.

## Functional area

Data retrieval

# Command syntax

## Syntax

|  |
| --- |
| `getActiveClip` |

### Arguments

None

### Flags

None

## Return value

string

## Examples

```plaintext
//create 2 Clips
create Clip "Clip_A" "Clip_B";
 
//index the Clip
string $clip = `getActiveClip`;
 
//print the currently active Clip
print $clip;
```

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

# Additional information

## Related commands

- [addLayer](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340690)
- [addToClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340714)
- [copyClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340029)
- [cropClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13339818)
- [deleteClipData](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13339842)
- [flatten](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341090)
- [getActiveClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341078)
- [getActiveLayer](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341087)
- [getClips](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341129)
- [moveClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341302)
- [offsetClips](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341320)
- [removeFromClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341416)
- [removeLayer](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341413)
- [resetClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340272)
- [selectClipObjects](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340365)
- [setActiveClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340416)
- [setActiveLayer](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13340401)
- [tileClips](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun16/pages/13341794)