---
title: "getActiveClip"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Shogun18/13668710/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/Shogun18/pages/13669124)
- [addToClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668874)
- [copyClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668840)
- [cropClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668804)
- [deleteClipData](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668736)
- [flatten](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668718)
- [getActiveClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668710)
- [getActiveLayer](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668708)
- [getClips](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668396)
- [moveClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668974)
- [offsetClips](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668264)
- [removeFromClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668232)
- [removeLayer](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668230)
- [resetClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668252)
- [selectClipObjects](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668041)
- [setActiveClip](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13667953)
- [setActiveLayer](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13667951)
- [tileClips](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Shogun18/pages/13668586)