Gets info about the parent element of the current item.

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Differentiating parents

  • If you are in page data, then there is no parent.
  • If you are in a shape or group shape that is on the page, then the page is the parent.
  • If you are in a shape or group shape that is on a layer, then the layer is the parent.
  • If you are in a shape or group shape that is inside a group shape, then the group shape is the parent.

Syntax

=PARENT

Examples

=PARENT β†’ Shape
Get the parent shape

=PARENT."Property 1" β†’ 10
Gets the parent's shape data property "Property 1" (10)