# \[FEATURE\] Add relative referencing when binding to property keys in Perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-relative-referencing-when-binding-to-property-keys-in-perspective/59142>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-relative-referencing-when-binding-to-property-keys-in-perspective/59142 "2022-05-03T01:38:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-relative-referencing-when-binding-to-property-keys-in-perspective/59142/1 "2022-05-03T01:38:40Z")

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This comes from this topic:

> [@SVG Elements - Binding Property Path References](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/svg-elements-binding-property-path-references/59101/5):
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> Something like {thisItem.name} {thisItem.parent.name} {thisItem.element[2].name

It would be super handy to be able to use relative referencing for example for SVG elements, horizontal menu items, etc. when binding to these when they're inside of arrays.  
E.g.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/3/e36de262410a9ac9cb3508f218fef168c2ead961.png)

Currently for the bindings on each array element, we have to manually set the array index.

It would be much simpler if we could replace

```auto
{this.props.items[5].label}

```

with this

```auto
{thisItem.label}

```

Vote here:

> **[Add relative referencing when binding to property keys in Perspective |...](https://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/ignition-features-and-ideas/p/add-relative-referencing-when-binding-to-property-keys-in-perspective)**
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> This comes from this topic: https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/svg-elements-binding-property-path-references/59101/5?u=nminchin It would be super handy to

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**Author:** ![richardNZ15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/richardnz15/32/33373_2.png) [@richardNZ15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richardNZ15)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-relative-referencing-when-binding-to-property-keys-in-perspective/59142/2 "2024-06-07T05:21:36Z")

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Is this possible at the current version of Ignition? Want to do this exact feature in Horizontal menus to reference the "target" property when figuring out what "style" to bind to.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-add-relative-referencing-when-binding-to-property-keys-in-perspective/59142/3 "2024-06-08T06:54:39Z")

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Nope, still not possible ☹