Cannot find id

[sBoff]

Hi all,

I have what I think is a very simple problem.. I want to find out an object's 'id' from javascript. Take the following example:

import QtQuick 2.0
    Rectangle {
        id: test
        x: 10; y: 10
        width: 122; height: 117
        color: "red"
        objectName: "testing"
 
        MouseArea {
            anchors.fill: parent
            onClicked:
            {
                console.log("parent id: " + parent.id);
                console.log("parent objectName: " + parent.objectName);
            }
        }
    }

import QtQuick 2.0
    Rectangle {
        id: test
        x: 10; y: 10
        width: 122; height: 117
        color: "red"
        objectName: "testing"

        MouseArea {
            anchors.fill: parent
            onClicked:
            {
                console.log("parent id: " + parent.id);
                console.log("parent objectName: " + parent.objectName);
            }
        }
    }

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The output from above is

parent id: undefined
parent objectName: testing

parent id: undefined
parent objectName: testing

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As a solution to my problem I can use objectName and this will work fine. The question is why can't I use id? I can not see any reason you shouldnt be able to do this, it seems perfectly valid to me.

Kind regards

[wysota]

The id is not a property of the object. it's a reference to the object itself.