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drnibbert Registered User
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2026-03-30 08:26:21

Hello :-)

i see "Set Parent" and "Get Root" but is there a fast way to get the Parent-Node of a Node?

Thanks a lot!! :-)

okeoke Registered User
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2026-03-30 09:17:43

Fastest way would be to specify node name to it's parent dependency table through code:

var nodeNameToParent = {
  'cubeMesh1': ccbGetSceneNodeFromName('Folder1'),
  'cubeMesh2': ccbGetSceneNodeFromName('Folder1')
  // etc
}

In case it is required to update you can create wrapper for the existing function.

function setParentAndUpdateNameToParentTable(node, newParentNode) {
  var nodeName = ccbGetSceneNodeProperty(node, 'Name');
  nodeNameToParent[nodeName] = newParentNode;
  ccbSetSceneNodeParent(node, newParentNode);
}

If you actually want to get parent through the code, you can only do it using tree search.

function getNodeParent(nodeToFind) {
    function findNode(nodeToFind, curNode, parent) {
        var nodeToFindName = ccbGetSceneNodeProperty(nodeToFind, 'Name');
        var curNodeName = ccbGetSceneNodeProperty(curNode, 'Name');
        if (nodeToFindName === curNodeName) {
            return parent;
        } else {
            var result = null;
            for (var i = 0; result === null && i < ccbGetSceneNodeChildCount(curNode); i++) {
                var child = ccbGetChildSceneNode(curNode, i);
                result = findNode(nodeToFind, child, curNode);
            }
            return result;
        }
    }
    
    var root = ccbGetRootSceneNode();
    var result = null;
    for (var i = 0; result === null && i < ccbGetSceneNodeChildCount(root); i++) {
        var child = ccbGetChildSceneNode(root, i);
        result = findNode(nodeToFind, child, root);
    }

    return result;
}

You can also refer to this topic: https://www.ambiera.com/forum.php?t=11094&page=1

drnibbert Registered User
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2026-04-02 09:35:03

Thanks a lot!! Haha seems like a lot of work for a simple task :-D The Idea with the "Look-Up-Table" is great!!

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