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<p>UI Lua API import (WAR 1.4.8)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{LuaApi|group=Window}}<br /> Returns the name of a window&#039;s parent.<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> parentName = WindowGetParent(windowName)<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> == Arguments ==<br /> ;windowName : &lt;code&gt;string&lt;/code&gt; – Name of the window.<br /> <br /> == Returns ==<br /> ;parentName : &lt;code&gt;string&lt;/code&gt; – Name of the parent window. An empty string for a window without a parent, such as &lt;code&gt;&quot;Root&quot;&lt;/code&gt;.<br /> <br /> == Details ==<br /> * Top-level windows have &lt;code&gt;&quot;Root&quot;&lt;/code&gt; as their parent.<br /> * The error message is missing the closing quote after the function name (see Errors).<br /> <br /> == Errors ==<br /> * &lt;code&gt;Error in function call &#039;WindowGetParent: Window %s does not exist&lt;/code&gt;<br /> <br /> == Example ==<br /> Walking up from a clicked button to its dialog, from &lt;code&gt;easystem_dialogmanager/source/dialogmanager.lua&lt;/code&gt;:<br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> local dlgIndex = WindowGetId( WindowGetParent( WindowGetParent(SystemData.ActiveWindow.name) ) )<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[API:WindowSetParent|WindowSetParent]]<br /> * [[API:WindowGetId|WindowGetId]]</div>

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