# Images and Groups

- Human documentation: [https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/images-and-groups](https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/images-and-groups)

- Agent Markdown: [https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/images-and-groups.md](https://docs.univer.ai/guides/slides/features/core/images-and-groups.md)

- Requested language: `en-US`

- Content language: `en-US`

- Documentation version: `1.0.0-rc.0`

- Source: [slides/features/core/images-and-groups.mdx](https://github.com/dream-num/documentation/blob/dev/content/guides/slides/features/core/images-and-groups.mdx)

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Images are first-class slide elements. Use the asynchronous helper for a URL or blob, or the builder when all image properties are already known.

## Insert an image

```ts
const slide = univerAPI.getActivePresentation()?.getActiveSlide()

if (!slide) {
  throw new Error('No active slide')
}

const image = await slide.insertImageAsync(
  'https://example.com/assets/diagram.png',
  {
    imageSourceType: univerAPI.Enum.ImageSourceType.URL,
    left: 80,
    top: 120,
    width: 320,
    height: 180,
  }
)
```

`getImages()` returns the images on the current slide. Use `setSource()`, `setCrop()`, `setClipShape()`, or `toBuilder()` to update an existing image, and `removeImage()` to remove it.

## Group elements

```ts
const shape = slide.getShapes()[0]

if (shape) {
  const group = slide.group([shape, image])
  const children = group.getChildren()

  // Restore the children to the slide.
  slide.ungroup(group)
}
```

Groups preserve child order and expose the same transform, visibility, name, and description methods as other page elements. `getGroups()` lists the top-level groups on a slide.