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Basalt/docs/objects/Object/getParent.md
Robert Jelic bb1b1beb79 Basalt 1.7 Update
- New Objects (Flexbox, Graph, Treeview)
- Pluginsystem to add/remove functionality
- Reworked the entire Object system, instead of one big Object Class we have multiple classes: Object, VisualObject, ChangeableObject
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- Removed the Animation Object, and added a animation plugin instead
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getParent

Description

Returns the parent of the object

This method is used to get the parent of the object, which is the object that contains it.

Returns

  1. object The parent object, or nil if the object has no parent

Usage

  • Creates a default frame with a button and gets the parent of the button.
local mainFrame = basalt.createFrame()
local aButton = mainFrame:addButton():setText("My Button")
local parent = aButton:getParent()
basalt.debug(parent) -- The parent object (mainFrame) will be output