diff --git a/doc/classes/NodePath.xml b/doc/classes/NodePath.xml
index d2c9247e934..aeb96828aa1 100644
--- a/doc/classes/NodePath.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/NodePath.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
Pre-parsed scene tree path.
- A pre-parsed relative or absolute path in a scene tree, for use with [method Node.get_node] and similar functions. It can reference a node, a resource within a node, or a property of a node or resource. For instance, [code]"Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:texture:size"[/code] would refer to the size property of the texture resource on the node named "Sprite" which is a child of the other named nodes in the path. Note that if you want to get a resource, you must end the path with a colon, otherwise the last element will be used as a property name.
- You will usually just pass a string to [method Node.get_node] and it will be automatically converted, but you may occasionally want to parse a path ahead of time with [code]NodePath[/code] or the literal syntax [code]@"path"[/code]. Exporting a [code]NodePath[/code] variable will give you a node selection widget in the properties panel of the editor, which can often be useful.
- A [code]NodePath[/code] is made up of a list of node names, a list of "subnode" (resource) names, and the name of a property in the final node or resource.
+ A pre-parsed relative or absolute path in a scene tree, for use with [method Node.get_node] and similar functions. It can reference a node, a resource within a node, or a property of a node or resource. For instance, [code]"Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:texture:size"[/code] would refer to the [code]size[/code] property of the [code]texture[/code] resource on the node named [code]"Sprite"[/code] which is a child of the other named nodes in the path.
+ You will usually just pass a string to [method Node.get_node] and it will be automatically converted, but you may occasionally want to parse a path ahead of time with [NodePath] or the literal syntax [code]@"path"[/code]. Exporting a [code]NodePath[/code] variable will give you a node selection widget in the properties panel of the editor, which can often be useful.
+ A [code]NodePath[/code] is composed of a list of slash-separated node names (like a filesystem path) and an optional colon-separated list of "subnames" which can be resources or properties.
@@ -18,18 +18,46 @@
Create a NodePath from a string, e.g. "Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:texture:size". A path is absolute if it starts with a slash. Absolute paths are only valid in the global scene tree, not within individual scenes. In a relative path, [code]"."[/code] and [code]".."[/code] indicate the current node and its parent.
+ The "subnames" optionally included after the path to the target node can point to resources or properties, and can also be nested.
+ Examples of valid NodePaths (assuming that those nodes exist and have the referenced resources or properties):
+ [codeblock]
+ # Points to the Sprite node
+ "Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite"
+ # Points to the Sprite node and its 'texture' resource.
+ # get_node() would retrieve "Sprite", while get_node_and_resource()
+ # would retrieve both the Sprite node and the 'texture' resource.
+ "Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:texture"
+ # Points to the Sprite node and its 'position' property.
+ "Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:position"
+ # Points to the Sprite node and the 'x' component of its 'position' property.
+ "Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:position:x"
+ # Absolute path (from 'root')
+ "/root/Level/Path2D"
+ [/codeblock]
+ Returns a node path with a colon character ([code]:[/code]) prepended, transforming it to a pure property path with no node name (defaults to resolving from the current node).
+ [codeblock]
+ # This will be parsed as a node path to the 'x' property in the 'position' node
+ var node_path = NodePath("position:x")
+ # This will be parsed as a node path to the 'x' component of the 'position' property in the current node
+ var property_path = node_path.get_as_property_path()
+ print(property_path) # :position:x
+ Returns all subnames concatenated with a colon character ([code]:[/code]) as separator, i.e. the right side of the first colon in a node path.
+ [codeblock]
+ var nodepath = NodePath("Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:texture:load_path")
+ print(nodepath.get_concatenated_subnames()) # texture:load_path
+ [/codeblock]
@@ -38,14 +66,21 @@
- Get the node name indicated by [code]idx[/code] (0 to [method get_name_count])
+ Get the node name indicated by [code]idx[/code] (0 to [method get_name_count]).
+ [codeblock]
+ var node_path = NodePath("Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite")
+ print(node_path.get_name(0)) # Path2D
+ print(node_path.get_name(1)) # PathFollow2D
+ print(node_path.get_name(2)) # Sprite
+ [/codeblock]
- Get the number of node names which make up the path.
+ Get the number of node names which make up the path. Subnames (see [method get_subname_count]) are not included.
+ For example, [code]"Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite"[code] has 3 names.
@@ -54,21 +89,27 @@
- Get the resource name indicated by [code]idx[/code] (0 to [method get_subname_count])
+ Get the resource or property name indicated by [code]idx[/code] (0 to [method get_subname_count]).
+ [codeblock]
+ var node_path = NodePath("Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:texture:load_path")
+ print(node_path.get_subname(0)) # texture
+ print(node_path.get_subname(1)) # load_path
+ [/codeblock]
- Get the number of resource names in the path.
+ Get the number of resource or property names ("subnames") in the path. Each subname is listed after a colon character ([code]:[/code]) in the node path.
+ For example, [code]"Path2D/PathFollow2D/Sprite:texture:load_path"[/code] has 2 subnames.
- Returns [code]true[/code] if the node path is absolute (not relative).
+ Returns [code]true[/code] if the node path is absolute (as opposed to relative), which means that it starts with a slash character ([code]/[/code]). Absolute node paths can be used to access the root node ([code]"/root"[/code]) or autoloads (e.g. [code]"/global"[/code] if a "global" autoload was registered).