Parent (Textfield._Parent Property) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 LANGUAGE Reference

_parent (TextField._parent property)

public _parent : MovieClip
A reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current text field or object. The
current object is the one containing the ActionScript code that references
Use to specify a relative path to movie clips or objects that are above the current text
_parent
field. You can use
_parent
_parent._parent._alpha = 20;
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 6
Example
The following ActionScript creates two text fields and outputs information about the
of each object. The first text field,
_parent
second text field,
second_txt
this.createTextField("first_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 10, 10, 160,
22);
first_txt.border = true;
trace(first_txt._name+"'s _parent is: "+first_txt._parent);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
holder_mc.createTextField("second_txt", holder_mc.getNextHighestDepth(),
10, 40, 160, 22);
holder_mc.second_txt.border = true;
trace(holder_mc.second_txt._name+"'s _parent is:
"+holder_mc.second_txt._parent);
The following information is displayed in the Output panel:
first_txt's _parent is: _level0
second_txt's _parent is: _level0.holder_mc
The
MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth()
7 or later. If your SWF file includes a version 2 component, use the version 2 components
DepthManager class instead of the
See also
_parent (Button._parent property)
,
_root property targetPath function
to climb up multiple levels in the display list as in the following:
first_txt
, is created inside the movie clip called
method used in this example requires Flash Player
MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth()
,
_parent (MovieClip._parent property)
_parent
, is created on the main Timeline. The
holder_mc
method.
.
.
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