# Perspective relative references to parent component properties **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [May 10, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-relative-references-to-parent-component-properties/59388 "2022-05-10T07:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2022, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-relative-references-to-parent-component-properties/59388/5 "2022-05-16T11:31:31Z")
I believe i once saw a topic about this wierd interaction, but i dont seem to find it again immediatly. And i dont recall what was said there xd edit: found it: > [@Perspective - Flex container - Hierarchic meta.name](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-flex-container-hierarchic-meta-name/57208/7): > > [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/property](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/property) You can in Perspective, actually slight_smile I would have expected {parent.parent.parent.etc} to work, honestly. EDIT: It looks like an intentional restriction that I don’t see a way around. I’m not sure what technical limitations are implied; someone else may have more luck playing around with things: [https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.15/com/inductiveautomation/perspective/common/api/PropertyRef.h…](https://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition81/8.1.15/com/inductiveautomation/perspective/common/api/PropertyRef.html) have you tried this? [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/property](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/property) (no idea if it helps tho) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-relative-references-to-parent-component-properties/59388)._