GetElementParent
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This function is used to determine the parent of an element.
Syntax
element getElementParent ( element theElement )
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- Method: element:getParent(...)
- Variable: .parent
- Counterpart: setElementParent
Required Arguments
- theElement: The child of the parent element you want returned.
Returns
This returns the parent as an element. It returns false if theElement is invalid, or is the root node.
Example
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ServerConsider 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>
This function determines a spawnpoint's parent element, and announces its ID:
function spawnpointUse ( thePlayer ) -- this function gets called whenever a spawnpoint is used theSpawnGroup = getElementParent ( source ) -- get the spawnpoint's parent element -- announce the parent's ID and the player who spawned there: outputChatBox ( getPlayerName ( thePlayer ) .. " spawned at team " .. getElementID ( theSpawnGroup ) .. "'s spawnpoint." ) -- Example output: "Joe spawned at team blue's spawnpoint." end addEventHandler ( "onSpawnpointUse", root, spawnpointUse )
See Also
- attachElements
- clearElementVisibleTo
- cloneElement
- createElement
- destroyElement
- detachElements
- getAllElementData
- getAttachedElements
- getElementAlpha
- getElementAttachedOffsets
- getElementAttachedTo
- getElementCollisionsEnabled
- getElementByID
- getElementByIndex
- getElementChild
- getElementChildren
- getElementChildrenCount
- getElementColShape
- getElementData
- getElementDimension
- getElementHealth
- getElementID
- getElementInterior
- getElementMatrix
- getElementModel
- getElementParent
- getElementPosition
- getElementRotation
- getElementSyncer
- getElementType
- getElementVelocity
- getElementZoneName
- getElementsByType
- getElementsWithinColShape
- getLowLODElement
- getRootElement
- isElement
- isElementAttached
- isElementCallPropagationEnabled
- isElementDoubleSided
- isElementFrozen
- isElementInWater
- isElementLowLOD
- isElementVisibleTo
- isElementWithinColShape
- isElementWithinMarker
- removeElementData
- setElementAlpha
- setElementAngularVelocity
- getElementAngularVelocity
- setElementAttachedOffsets
- setElementCallPropagationEnabled
- setElementCollisionsEnabled
- setElementData
- setElementDimension
- setElementDoubleSided
- setElementFrozen
- setElementHealth
- setElementID
- setElementInterior
- setElementModel
- setElementParent
- setElementPosition
- setElementRotation
- setElementSyncer
- setElementVelocity
- setElementVisibleTo
- setLowLODElement