y/DisplayObjectContainer.html">DisplayObjectContainer</a></code></h3><div class="doc"><p>Indicates the DisplayObjectContainer object that contains this display
object. Use the <code>parent</code> property to specify a relative path to
display objects that are above the current display object in the display
list hierarchy.</p>
<p>You can use <code>parent</code> to move up multiple levels in the
display list as in the following:</p>
<pre><code class="prettyprint haxe">this.parent.parent.alpha = 20;</code></pr