# Equivalent of "this" Java keyword for components?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-of-this-java-keyword-for-components/6688>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 11, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-of-this-java-keyword-for-components/6688 "2013-06-11T14:51:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![klesher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aca169/32.png) [@klesher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/klesher)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-of-this-java-keyword-for-components/6688/1 "2013-06-11T14:51:47Z")

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Is there an equivalent of the “this” keyword for component properties within the ignition designer? For example, I added Mouseover Text to a bunch of components which was bound to an existing dynamic property on the components:

`"<html>" +
{Root Container.Pipe Segment 18.TagNameA} + "<br/>" +
{Root Container.Pipe Segment 18.TagNameB} + "</html>"`

For each component I added this to, I had to manually modify the “Pipe Segment 18” portion to correspond to the component that I currently had selected. This makes things a bit more error prone if I happen to typo, plus it makes things a bit more tedious.

Is there a way to do something like below?

`"<html>" +
{this.TagNameA} + "<br/>" +
{this.TagNameB} + "</html>"`

This would be pretty helpful, especially if it was able to be used if multiple components were selected for retroactively adding stuff to existing components.

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**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/equivalent-of-this-java-keyword-for-components/6688/2 "2013-06-11T15:41:35Z")

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There is a feature request in our system for such functionality, but exactly how/when it will be implemented is up in the air. I will make a note of your request.