getElementParent
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Pair: setElementParent
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This function is used to determine the parent of an element.
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- Method:element:getParent(...)
- Variable: .parent
Syntax
element getElementParent ( element theElement )Required Arguments
- theElement: The child of the parent element you want returned.
Returns
- element: value
This returns the parent as an element . It returns false if theElement is invalid, or is the root node.
Code Examples
shared
Consider the following map file:
<spawngroup id="red"> <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_0" posX="2507.8715820313" posY="2772.6071777344" posZ="10.8203125" rot="270" skin="285"/> <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_1" posX="2508.060546875" posY="2780.3647460938" posZ="10.8203125" rot="270" skin="285"/></spawngroup><spawngroup id="blue"> <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_5" posX="2733.4184570313" posY="2753.1276855469" posZ="10.8203125" rot="90" skin="124"/> <spawnpoint id="spawnpoint_6" posX="2733.5258789063" posY="2748.1110839844" posZ="10.8203125" rot="90" skin="125"/></spawngroup>See Also
Element Functions
- addElementDataSubscriber
- attachElements
- clearElementVisibleTo
- cloneElement
- createElement
- destroyElement
- detachElements
- getAllElementData
- getAttachedElements
- getElementAlpha
- getElementAngularVelocity
- getElementAttachedOffsets
- getElementAttachedTo
- getElementBonePosition
- getElementBoneQuaternion
- getElementBoneRotation
- getElementBoundingBox
- getElementByID
- getElementByIndex
- getElementChild
- getElementChildren
- getElementChildrenCount
- getElementCollisionsEnabled
- getElementColShape
- getElementData
- getElementDimension
- getElementDistanceFromCentreOfMassToBaseOfModel
- getElementHealth
- getElementID
- getElementInterior
- getElementLighting
- getElementModel
- getElementParent
- getElementPosition
- getElementRadius
- getElementRotation
- getElementsByType
- getElementsWithinColShape
- getElementsWithinRange
- getElementSyncer
- getElementType
- getElementVelocity
- getElementZoneName
- getLowLODElement
- getRootElement
- hasElementData
- hasElementDataSubscriber
- isElement
- isElementAttached
- isElementCallPropagationEnabled
- isElementCollidableWith
- isElementDoubleSided
- isElementFrozen
- isElementInWater
- isElementLocal
- isElementLowLOD
- isElementOnFire
- isElementOnScreen
- isElementStreamable
- isElementStreamedIn
- isElementSyncer
- isElementVisibleTo
- isElementWaitingForGroundToLoad
- isElementWithinColShape
- isElementWithinMarker
- removeElementData
- removeElementDataSubscriber
- setElementAlpha
- setElementAngularVelocity
- setElementAttachedOffsets
- setElementBonePosition
- setElementBoneQuaternion
- setElementBoneRotation
- setElementCallPropagationEnabled
- setElementCollidableWith
- setElementCollisionsEnabled
- setElementData
- setElementDimension
- setElementDoubleSided
- setElementFrozen
- setElementHealth
- setElementID
- setElementInterior
- setElementLighting
- setElementModel
- setElementOnFire
- setElementParent
- setElementPosition
- setElementRotation
- setElementStreamable
- setElementSyncer
- setElementVelocity
- setElementVisibleTo
- setLowLODElement
- updateElementRpHAnim
Element Events
- onClientElementColShapeHit
- onClientElementColShapeLeave
- onClientElementDataChange
- onClientElementDestroy
- onClientElementDimensionChange
- onClientElementInteriorChange
- onClientElementModelChange
- onClientElementStreamIn
- onClientElementStreamOut
- onElementClicked
- onElementColShapeHit
- onElementColShapeLeave
- onElementDataChange
- onElementDestroy
- onElementDimensionChange
- onElementInteriorChange
- onElementModelChange
- onElementStartSync
- onElementStopSync