PrivateNode Class

Extends Node

Module: cc

Class of private entities in Cocos Creator scenes.
The PrivateNode is hidden in editor, and completely transparent to users.
It's normally used as Node's private content created by components in parent node.
So in theory private nodes are not children, they are part of the parent node.
Private node have two important characteristics:

1. It has the minimum z index and cannot be modified, because they can't be displayed over real children.
   
2. The positioning of private nodes is also special, they will consider the left bottom corner of the parent node's bounding box as the origin of local coordinates.
   In this way, they can be easily kept inside the bounding box.
   Currently, it's used by RichText component and TileMap component.

Index

Properties

• groupIndex Integer Group index of node....
• group String Group of node....
• position Vec3 The position (x, y) of the node in its parent's coordinates.
• x Number x axis position of node.
• y Number y axis position of node.
• z Number z axis position of node.
• rotation Number Rotation of node.
• angle Number Angle of node, the positive value is anti-clockwise direction.
• eulerAngles Vec3 The rotation as Euler angles in degrees, used in 3D node.
• rotationX Number Rotation on x axis.
• rotationY Number Rotation on y axis.
• scale Number The local scale relative to the parent.
• scaleX Number Scale on x axis.
• scaleY Number Scale on y axis.
• scaleZ Number Scale on z axis.
• skewX Number Skew x
• skewY Number Skew y
• opacity Number Opacity of node, default value is 255.
• color Color Color of node, default value is white: (255, 255, 255).
• anchorX Number Anchor point's position on x axis.
• anchorY Number Anchor point's position on y axis.
• width Number Width of node.
• height Number Height of node.
• zIndex Number Node's order in children list will affect its rendering order.
• is3DNode Boolean Switch 2D/3D node.
• up Vec3 Returns a normalized vector representing the up direction (Y axis) of the node in world space.
• right Vec3 Returns a normalized vector representing the right direction (X axis) of the node in world space.
• forward Vec3 Returns a normalized vector representing the forward direction (Z axis) of the node in world space.
• cascadeOpacity Boolean Cascade opacity is removed from v2.0
• _components Component[]
• _prefab PrefabInfo The PrefabInfo object
• _persistNode Boolean If true, the node is an persist node which won't be destroyed during scene transition.
• name String Name of node.
• uuid String The uuid for editor, will be stripped before building project.
• children Node[] All children nodes.
• childrenCount Number All children nodes.
• active Boolean The local active state of this node....
• activeInHierarchy Boolean Indicates whether this node is active in the scene.
• __eventTargets EventTarget[] Register all related EventTargets,...
• parent Node The parent of the node.
• _name String
• _objFlags Number
• isValid Boolean Indicates whether the object is not yet destroyed.

Methods

• constructor
• on 1.
• once Register an callback of a specific event type on the Node,...
• off Removes the callback previously registered with the same type, callback, target and or useCapture.
• targetOff Removes all callbacks previously registered with the same target.
• hasEventListener Checks whether the EventTarget object has any callback registered for a specific type of event.
• emit Trigger an event directly with the event name and necessary arguments.
• dispatchEvent Dispatches an event into the event flow.
• pauseSystemEvents Pause node related system events registered with the current Node.
• resumeSystemEvents Resume node related system events registered with the current Node.
• _getCapturingTargets Get all the targets listening to the supplied type of event in the target's capturing phase.
• _getBubblingTargets Get all the targets listening to the supplied type of event in the target's bubbling phase.
• runAction The node becomes the action's target.
• pauseAllActions Pause all actions running on the current node.
• resumeAllActions Resume all paused actions on the current node.
• stopAllActions Stops and removes all actions from the running action list .
• stopAction Stops and removes an action from the running action list.
• stopActionByTag Removes an action from the running action list by its tag.
• getActionByTag Returns an action from the running action list by its tag.
• getNumberOfRunningActions Composable actions are counted as 1 action.
• getPosition Returns a copy of the position (x, y, z) of the node in its parent's coordinates.
• setPosition and passing two numbers (x, y) is more efficient than passing cc.Vec2 object.
• getScale Returns the scale factor of the node.
• setScale Sets the scale of axis in local coordinates of the node.
• getRotation Get rotation of node (in quaternion).
• setRotation Set rotation of node (in quaternion).
• getContentSize Returns a copy the untransformed size of the node.
• setContentSize All nodes has a size.
• getAnchorPoint It's like a pin in the node where it is "attached" to its parent.
• setAnchorPoint Sets the anchor point in percent.
• lookAt Set rotation by lookAt target point, normally used by Camera Node
• getLocalMatrix Get the local transform matrix (4x4), based on parent node coordinates
• getWorldMatrix Get the world transform matrix (4x4)
• convertToNodeSpaceAR Converts a Point to node (local) space coordinates.
• convertToWorldSpaceAR Converts a Point in node coordinates to world space coordinates.
• convertToNodeSpace Converts a Point to node (local) space coordinates then add the anchor point position.
• convertToWorldSpace Converts a Point related to the left bottom corner of the node's bounding box to world space coordinates.
• getNodeToParentTransform Returns the matrix that transform the node's (local) space coordinates into the parent's space coordinates....
• getNodeToParentTransformAR Returns the matrix that transform the node's (local) space coordinates into the parent's space coordinates....
• getNodeToWorldTransform Returns the world affine transform matrix.
• getNodeToWorldTransformAR Returns the world affine transform matrix.
• getParentToNodeTransform The matrix is in Pixels.
• getWorldToNodeTransform Returns the inverse world affine transform matrix.
• convertTouchToNodeSpace convenience methods which take a cc.Touch instead of cc.Vec2.
• convertTouchToNodeSpaceAR converts a cc.Touch (world coordinates) into a local coordinate.
• getBoundingBox Returns a "local" axis aligned bounding box of the node.
• getBoundingBoxToWorld Returns a "world" axis aligned bounding box of the node....
• addChild Adds a child to the node with z order and name.
• cleanup Stops all running actions and schedulers.
• sortAllChildren Sorts the children array depends on children's zIndex and arrivalOrder,...
• getDisplayedOpacity Returns the displayed opacity of Node,...
• getDisplayedColor Returns the displayed color of Node,...
• isCascadeOpacityEnabled Cascade opacity is removed from v2.0
• setCascadeOpacityEnabled Cascade opacity is removed from v2.0
• setOpacityModifyRGB Opacity modify RGB have been removed since v2.0
• isOpacityModifyRGB Opacity modify RGB have been removed since v2.0
• getParent Get parent of the node.
• setParent Set parent of the node.
• attr Properties configuration function ...
• getChildByUuid Returns a child from the container given its uuid.
• getChildByName Returns a child from the container given its name.
• insertChild Inserts a child to the node at a specified index.
• getSiblingIndex Get the sibling index.
• setSiblingIndex Set the sibling index of this node.
• walk Walk though the sub children tree of the current node.
• removeFromParent Remove itself from its parent node.
• removeChild Removes a child from the container.
• removeAllChildren Removes all children from the container and do a cleanup all running actions depending on the cleanup parameter.
• isChildOf Is this node a child of the given node?
• getComponent Returns the component of supplied type if the node has one attached, null if it doesn't....
• getComponents Returns all components of supplied type in the node.
• getComponentInChildren Returns the component of supplied type in any of its children using depth first search.
• getComponentsInChildren Returns all components of supplied type in self or any of its children.
• addComponent Adds a component class to the node.
• _addComponentAt This api should only used by undo system
• removeComponent Removes a component identified by the given name or removes the component object given.
• _getDependComponent
• destroyAllChildren Destroy all children from the node, and release all their own references to other objects....
• destroy Actual object destruction will delayed until before rendering.
• _destruct Clear all references in the instance.
• _onPreDestroy Called before the object being destroyed.
• _serialize The customized serialization for this object.
• _deserialize Init this object from the custom serialized data.

Events

• position-changed The position changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.POSITION_CHANGED, callback, this);
• size-changed The size changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.SIZE_CHANGED, callback, this);
• anchor-changed The anchor changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.ANCHOR_CHANGED, callback, this);
• child-added The adding child event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.CHILD_ADDED, callback, this);
• child-removed The removing child event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.CHILD_REMOVED, callback, this);
• child-reorder The reordering child event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.CHILD_REORDER, callback, this);
• group-changed The group changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.GROUP_CHANGED, callback, this);
• active-in-hierarchy-changed Note: This event is only emitted from the top most node whose active value did changed,...

Details

Properties

groupIndex

Group index of node.
Which Group this node belongs to will resolve that this node's collision components can collide with which other collision componentns.

group

Group of node.
Which Group this node belongs to will resolve that this node's collision components can collide with which other collision componentns.

position

The position (x, y) of the node in its parent's coordinates.

Examples

cc.log("Node Position: " + node.position);

x

x axis position of node.

Examples

node.x = 100;
cc.log("Node Position X: " + node.x);

y

y axis position of node.

Examples

node.y = 100;
cc.log("Node Position Y: " + node.y);

z

z axis position of node.

rotation

Rotation of node.

Examples

node.rotation = 90;
cc.log("Node Rotation: " + node.rotation);

angle

Angle of node, the positive value is anti-clockwise direction.

eulerAngles

The rotation as Euler angles in degrees, used in 3D node.

Examples

node.is3DNode = true;
node.eulerAngles = cc.v3(45, 45, 45);
cc.log("Node eulerAngles (X, Y, Z): " + node.eulerAngles.toString());

rotationX

Rotation on x axis.

Examples

node.is3DNode = true;
node.eulerAngles = cc.v3(45, 0, 0);
cc.log("Node eulerAngles X: " + node.eulerAngles.x);

rotationY

Rotation on y axis.

Examples

node.is3DNode = true;
node.eulerAngles = cc.v3(0, 45, 0);
cc.log("Node eulerAngles Y: " + node.eulerAngles.y);

scale

The local scale relative to the parent.

Examples

node.scale = 1;

scaleX

Scale on x axis.

Examples

node.scaleX = 0.5;
cc.log("Node Scale X: " + node.scaleX);

scaleY

Scale on y axis.

Examples

node.scaleY = 0.5;
cc.log("Node Scale Y: " + node.scaleY);

scaleZ

Scale on z axis.

skewX

Skew x

Examples

node.skewX = 0;
cc.log("Node SkewX: " + node.skewX);

skewY

Skew y

Examples

node.skewY = 0;
cc.log("Node SkewY: " + node.skewY);

opacity

Opacity of node, default value is 255.

Examples

node.opacity = 255;

color

Color of node, default value is white: (255, 255, 255).

Examples

node.color = new cc.Color(255, 255, 255);

anchorX

Anchor point's position on x axis.

Examples

node.anchorX = 0;

anchorY

Anchor point's position on y axis.

Examples

node.anchorY = 0;

width

Width of node.

Examples

node.width = 100;

height

Height of node.

Examples

node.height = 100;

zIndex

zIndex is the 'key' used to sort the node relative to its siblings.
The value of zIndex should be in the range between cc.macro.MIN_ZINDEX and cc.macro.MAX_ZINDEX.
The Node's parent will sort all its children based on the zIndex value and the arrival order.
Nodes with greater zIndex will be sorted after nodes with smaller zIndex.
If two nodes have the same zIndex, then the node that was added first to the children's array will be in front of the other node in the array.
Node's order in children list will affect its rendering order. Parent is always rendering before all children.

Examples

node.zIndex = 1;
cc.log("Node zIndex: " + node.zIndex);

is3DNode

Switch 2D/3D node. The 2D nodes will run faster.

up

Returns a normalized vector representing the up direction (Y axis) of the node in world space.

right

Returns a normalized vector representing the right direction (X axis) of the node in world space.

forward

Returns a normalized vector representing the forward direction (Z axis) of the node in world space.

cascadeOpacity

Cascade opacity is removed from v2.0 Indicate whether node's opacity value affect its child nodes, default value is true.

_components

_prefab

The PrefabInfo object

_persistNode

If true, the node is an persist node which won't be destroyed during scene transition. If false, the node will be destroyed automatically when loading a new scene. Default is false.

name

Name of node.

Examples

node.name = "New Node";
cc.log("Node Name: " + node.name);

uuid

The uuid for editor, will be stripped before building project.

Examples

cc.log("Node Uuid: " + node.uuid);

children

All children nodes.

Examples

var children = node.children;
for (var i = 0; i < children.length; ++i) {
    cc.log("Node: " + children[i]);
}

childrenCount

All children nodes.

Examples

var count = node.childrenCount;
cc.log("Node Children Count: " + count);

active

The local active state of this node.
Note that a Node may be inactive because a parent is not active, even if this returns true.
Use Node/activeInHierarchy:property if you want to check if the Node is actually treated as active in the scene.

Examples

node.active = false;

activeInHierarchy

Indicates whether this node is active in the scene.

Examples

cc.log("activeInHierarchy: " + node.activeInHierarchy);

__eventTargets

Register all related EventTargets, all event callbacks will be removed in _onPreDestroy

parent

The parent of the node.

Examples

cc.log("Node Parent: " + node.parent);

_name

_objFlags

isValid

Indicates whether the object is not yet destroyed. (It will not be available after being destroyed)
When an object's destroy is called, it is actually destroyed after the end of this frame. So isValid will return false from the next frame, while isValid in the current frame will still be true. If you want to determine whether the current frame has called destroy, use cc.isValid(obj, true), but this is often caused by a particular logical requirements, which is not normally required.

Examples

var node = new cc.Node();
cc.log(node.isValid);    // true
node.destroy();
cc.log(node.isValid);    // true, still valid in this frame
// after a frame...
cc.log(node.isValid);    // false, destroyed in the end of last frame

Methods

constructor

Parameters

• name String

on

Register a callback of a specific event type on Node.
Use this method to register touch or mouse event permit propagation based on scene graph,
These kinds of event are triggered with dispatchEvent, the dispatch process has three steps:

1. Capturing phase: dispatch in capture targets (_getCapturingTargets), e.g. parents in node tree, from root to the real target
   
2. At target phase: dispatch to the listeners of the real target
   
3. Bubbling phase: dispatch in bubble targets (_getBubblingTargets), e.g. parents in node tree, from the real target to root
   In any moment of the dispatching process, it can be stopped via event.stopPropagation() or event.stopPropagationImmidiate().
   It's the recommended way to register touch/mouse event for Node,
   please do not use cc.eventManager directly for Node.
   You can also register custom event and use emit to trigger custom event on Node.
   For such events, there won't be capturing and bubbling phase, your event will be dispatched directly to its listeners registered on the same node.
   You can also pass event callback parameters with emit by passing parameters after type.

Parameters

• type String | Node.EventType A string representing the event type to listen for.
  See Node/EventTyupe/POSITION_CHANGED for all builtin events.
• callback Function The callback that will be invoked when the event is dispatched. The callback is ignored if it is a duplicate (the callbacks are unique).
  • event Event | Any event or first argument when emit
  • arg2 Any arg2
  • arg3 Any arg3
  • arg4 Any arg4
  • arg5 Any arg5
• target Object The target (this object) to invoke the callback, can be null
• useCapture Boolean When set to true, the listener will be triggered at capturing phase which is ahead of the final target emit, otherwise it will be triggered during bubbling phase.

Examples

this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.TOUCH_START, this.memberFunction, this);  // if "this" is component and the "memberFunction" declared in CCClass.
node.on(cc.Node.EventType.TOUCH_START, callback, this);
node.on(cc.Node.EventType.TOUCH_MOVE, callback, this);
node.on(cc.Node.EventType.TOUCH_END, callback, this);
node.on(cc.Node.EventType.TOUCH_CANCEL, callback, this);
node.on(cc.Node.EventType.ANCHOR_CHANGED, callback);
node.on(cc.Node.EventType.COLOR_CHANGED, callback);

once

Register an callback of a specific event type on the Node, the callback will remove itself after the first time it is triggered.

Parameters

• type String A string representing the event type to listen for.
• callback Function The callback that will be invoked when the event is dispatched.

                         The callback is ignored if it is a duplicate (the callbacks are unique).
  

  • event Event | Any event or first argument when emit
  • arg2 Any arg2
  • arg3 Any arg3
  • arg4 Any arg4
  • arg5 Any arg5
• target Object The target (this object) to invoke the callback, can be null

Examples

node.once(cc.Node.EventType.ANCHOR_CHANGED, callback);

off

Removes the callback previously registered with the same type, callback, target and or useCapture. This method is merely an alias to removeEventListener.

Parameters

• type String A string representing the event type being removed.
• callback Function The callback to remove.
• target Object The target (this object) to invoke the callback, if it's not given, only callback without target will be removed
• useCapture Boolean When set to true, the listener will be triggered at capturing phase which is ahead of the final target emit, otherwise it will be triggered during bubbling phase.

Examples

this.node.off(cc.Node.EventType.TOUCH_START, this.memberFunction, this);
node.off(cc.Node.EventType.TOUCH_START, callback, this.node);
node.off(cc.Node.EventType.ANCHOR_CHANGED, callback, this);

targetOff

Removes all callbacks previously registered with the same target.

Parameters

• target Object The target to be searched for all related callbacks

Examples

node.targetOff(target);

hasEventListener

Checks whether the EventTarget object has any callback registered for a specific type of event.

Parameters

• type String The type of event.

emit

Trigger an event directly with the event name and necessary arguments.

Parameters

• type String event type
• arg1 Any First argument in callback
• arg2 Any Second argument in callback
• arg3 Any Third argument in callback
• arg4 Any Fourth argument in callback
• arg5 Any Fifth argument in callback

Examples

eventTarget.emit('fire', event);
eventTarget.emit('fire', message, emitter);

dispatchEvent

Dispatches an event into the event flow. The event target is the EventTarget object upon which the dispatchEvent() method is called.

Parameters

• event Event The Event object that is dispatched into the event flow

pauseSystemEvents

Pause node related system events registered with the current Node. Node system events includes touch and mouse events. If recursive is set to true, then this API will pause the node system events for the node and all nodes in its sub node tree. Reference: http://docs.cocos2d-x.org/editors_and_tools/creator-chapters/scripting/internal-events/

Parameters

• recursive Boolean Whether to pause node system events on the sub node tree.

Examples

node.pauseSystemEvents(true);

resumeSystemEvents

Resume node related system events registered with the current Node. Node system events includes touch and mouse events. If recursive is set to true, then this API will resume the node system events for the node and all nodes in its sub node tree. Reference: http://docs.cocos2d-x.org/editors_and_tools/creator-chapters/scripting/internal-events/

Parameters

• recursive Boolean Whether to resume node system events on the sub node tree.

Examples

node.resumeSystemEvents(true);

_getCapturingTargets

Get all the targets listening to the supplied type of event in the target's capturing phase. The capturing phase comprises the journey from the root to the last node BEFORE the event target's node. The result should save in the array parameter, and MUST SORT from child nodes to parent nodes.

Subclasses can override this method to make event propagable.

Parameters

• type String the event type
• array Array the array to receive targets

Examples

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Subclasses can override this method to make event propagable
```js
for (var target = this._parent; target; target = target._parent) {
    if (target._capturingListeners && target._capturingListeners.hasEventListener(type)) {
        array.push(target);
    }
}

_getBubblingTargets

Get all the targets listening to the supplied type of event in the target's bubbling phase. The bubbling phase comprises any SUBSEQUENT nodes encountered on the return trip to the root of the tree. The result should save in the array parameter, and MUST SORT from child nodes to parent nodes.

Subclasses can override this method to make event propagable.

Parameters

• type String the event type
• array Array the array to receive targets

runAction

Executes an action, and returns the action that is executed.
The node becomes the action's target. Refer to cc.Action's getTarget()
Calling runAction while the node is not active won't have any effect.
Note：You shouldn't modify the action after runAction, that won't take any effect.
if you want to modify, when you define action plus.

Parameters

• action Action

Examples

var action = cc.scaleTo(0.2, 1, 0.6);
node.runAction(action);
node.runAction(action).repeatForever(); // fail
node.runAction(action.repeatForever()); // right

pauseAllActions

Pause all actions running on the current node. Equals to cc.director.getActionManager().pauseTarget(node).

Examples

node.pauseAllActions();

resumeAllActions

Resume all paused actions on the current node. Equals to cc.director.getActionManager().resumeTarget(node).

Examples

node.resumeAllActions();

stopAllActions

Stops and removes all actions from the running action list .

Examples

node.stopAllActions();

stopAction

Stops and removes an action from the running action list.

Parameters

• action Action An action object to be removed.

Examples

var action = cc.scaleTo(0.2, 1, 0.6);
node.stopAction(action);

stopActionByTag

Removes an action from the running action list by its tag.

Parameters

• tag Number A tag that indicates the action to be removed.

Examples

node.stopActionByTag(1);

getActionByTag

Returns an action from the running action list by its tag.

Parameters

• tag Number

Examples

var action = node.getActionByTag(1);

getNumberOfRunningActions

Returns the numbers of actions that are running plus the ones that are schedule to run (actions in actionsToAdd and actions arrays).
Composable actions are counted as 1 action. Example:
If you are running 1 Sequence of 7 actions, it will return 1.
If you are running 7 Sequences of 2 actions, it will return 7.</p>

Examples

var count = node.getNumberOfRunningActions();
cc.log("Running Action Count: " + count);

getPosition

Returns a copy of the position (x, y, z) of the node in its parent's coordinates. You can pass a cc.Vec2 or cc.Vec3 as the argument to receive the return values.

Parameters

• out Vec2 | Vec3 The return value to receive position

Examples

cc.log("Node Position: " + node.getPosition());

setPosition

Sets the position (x, y, z) of the node in its parent's coordinates.
Usually we use cc.v2(x, y) to compose cc.Vec2 object,
and passing two numbers (x, y) is more efficient than passing cc.Vec2 object. For 3D node we can use cc.v3(x, y, z) to compose cc.Vec3 object,
and passing three numbers (x, y, z) is more efficient than passing cc.Vec3 object.

Parameters

• newPosOrX Vec2 | Vec3 | Number X coordinate for position or the position (x, y, z) of the node in coordinates
• y Number Y coordinate for position
• z Number Z coordinate for position

getScale

Returns the scale factor of the node. Need pass a cc.Vec2 or cc.Vec3 as the argument to receive the return values.

Parameters

• out Vec2 | Vec3

Examples

cc.log("Node Scale: " + node.getScale(cc.v3()));

setScale

Sets the scale of axis in local coordinates of the node. You can operate 2 axis in 2D node, and 3 axis in 3D node.

Parameters

• x Number | Vec2 | Vec3 scaleX or scale object
• y Number
• z Number

Examples

node.setScale(cc.v2(2, 2));
node.setScale(cc.v3(2, 2, 2)); // for 3D node
node.setScale(2);

getRotation

Get rotation of node (in quaternion). Need pass a cc.Quat as the argument to receive the return values.

Parameters

• out Quat

setRotation

Set rotation of node (in quaternion).

Parameters

• quat cc.Quat | Number Quaternion object represents the rotation or the x value of quaternion
• y Number y value of quternion
• z Number z value of quternion
• w Number w value of quternion

getContentSize

Returns a copy the untransformed size of the node.
The contentSize remains the same no matter the node is scaled or rotated.
All nodes has a size. Layer and Scene has the same size of the screen by default.

Examples

cc.log("Content Size: " + node.getContentSize());

setContentSize

Sets the untransformed size of the node.
The contentSize remains the same no matter the node is scaled or rotated.
All nodes has a size. Layer and Scene has the same size of the screen.

Parameters

• size Size | Number The untransformed size of the node or The untransformed size's width of the node.
• height Number The untransformed size's height of the node.

Examples

node.setContentSize(cc.size(100, 100));
node.setContentSize(100, 100);

getAnchorPoint

Returns a copy of the anchor point.
Anchor point is the point around which all transformations and positioning manipulations take place.
It's like a pin in the node where it is "attached" to its parent.
The anchorPoint is normalized, like a percentage. (0,0) means the bottom-left corner and (1,1) means the top-right corner.
But you can use values higher than (1,1) and lower than (0,0) too.
The default anchor point is (0.5,0.5), so it starts at the center of the node.

Examples

cc.log("Node AnchorPoint: " + node.getAnchorPoint());

setAnchorPoint

Sets the anchor point in percent.
anchor point is the point around which all transformations and positioning manipulations take place.
It's like a pin in the node where it is "attached" to its parent.
The anchorPoint is normalized, like a percentage. (0,0) means the bottom-left corner and (1,1) means the top-right corner.
But you can use values higher than (1,1) and lower than (0,0) too.
The default anchor point is (0.5,0.5), so it starts at the center of the node.

Parameters

• point Vec2 | Number The anchor point of node or The x axis anchor of node.
• y Number The y axis anchor of node.

Examples

node.setAnchorPoint(cc.v2(1, 1));
node.setAnchorPoint(1, 1);

lookAt

Set rotation by lookAt target point, normally used by Camera Node

Parameters

• pos Vec3
• up Vec3 default is (0,1,0)

getLocalMatrix

Get the local transform matrix (4x4), based on parent node coordinates

Parameters

• out Mat4 The matrix object to be filled with data

Examples

let mat4 = cc.mat4();
node.getLocalMatrix(mat4);

getWorldMatrix

Get the world transform matrix (4x4)

Parameters

• out Mat4 The matrix object to be filled with data

Examples

let mat4 = cc.mat4();
node.getWorldMatrix(mat4);

convertToNodeSpaceAR

Converts a Point to node (local) space coordinates.

Parameters

• worldPoint Vec3 | Vec2
• out Vec3 | Vec2

Examples

var newVec2 = node.convertToNodeSpaceAR(cc.v2(100, 100));
var newVec3 = node.convertToNodeSpaceAR(cc.v3(100, 100, 100));

convertToWorldSpaceAR

Converts a Point in node coordinates to world space coordinates.

Parameters

• nodePoint Vec3 | Vec2
• out Vec3 | Vec2

Examples

var newVec2 = node.convertToWorldSpaceAR(cc.v2(100, 100));
var newVec3 = node.convertToWorldSpaceAR(cc.v3(100, 100, 100));

convertToNodeSpace

Converts a Point to node (local) space coordinates then add the anchor point position. So the return position will be related to the left bottom corner of the node's bounding box. This equals to the API behavior of cocos2d-x, you probably want to use convertToNodeSpaceAR instead

Parameters

• worldPoint Vec2

Examples

var newVec2 = node.convertToNodeSpace(cc.v2(100, 100));

convertToWorldSpace

Converts a Point related to the left bottom corner of the node's bounding box to world space coordinates. This equals to the API behavior of cocos2d-x, you probably want to use convertToWorldSpaceAR instead

Parameters

• nodePoint Vec2

Examples

var newVec2 = node.convertToWorldSpace(cc.v2(100, 100));

getNodeToParentTransform

Returns the matrix that transform the node's (local) space coordinates into the parent's space coordinates.
The matrix is in Pixels.

Parameters

• out AffineTransform The affine transform object to be filled with data

Examples

let affineTransform = cc.AffineTransform.create();
node.getNodeToParentTransform(affineTransform);

getNodeToParentTransformAR

Returns the matrix that transform the node's (local) space coordinates into the parent's space coordinates.
The matrix is in Pixels.
This method is AR (Anchor Relative).

Parameters

• out AffineTransform The affine transform object to be filled with data

Examples

let affineTransform = cc.AffineTransform.create();
node.getNodeToParentTransformAR(affineTransform);

getNodeToWorldTransform

Returns the world affine transform matrix. The matrix is in Pixels.

Parameters

• out AffineTransform The affine transform object to be filled with data

Examples

let affineTransform = cc.AffineTransform.create();
node.getNodeToWorldTransform(affineTransform);

getNodeToWorldTransformAR

Returns the world affine transform matrix. The matrix is in Pixels.
This method is AR (Anchor Relative).

Parameters

• out AffineTransform The affine transform object to be filled with data

Examples

let affineTransform = cc.AffineTransform.create();
node.getNodeToWorldTransformAR(affineTransform);

getParentToNodeTransform

Returns the matrix that transform parent's space coordinates to the node's (local) space coordinates.
The matrix is in Pixels. The returned transform is readonly and cannot be changed.

Parameters

• out AffineTransform The affine transform object to be filled with data

Examples

let affineTransform = cc.AffineTransform.create();
node.getParentToNodeTransform(affineTransform);

getWorldToNodeTransform

Returns the inverse world affine transform matrix. The matrix is in Pixels. 返回世界坐标系到节点坐标系的逆矩阵。

Parameters

• out AffineTransform The affine transform object to be filled with data

Examples

let affineTransform = cc.AffineTransform.create();
node.getWorldToNodeTransform(affineTransform);

convertTouchToNodeSpace

convenience methods which take a cc.Touch instead of cc.Vec2.

Parameters

• touch Touch The touch object

Examples

var newVec2 = node.convertTouchToNodeSpace(touch);

convertTouchToNodeSpaceAR

converts a cc.Touch (world coordinates) into a local coordinate. This method is AR (Anchor Relative).

Parameters

• touch Touch The touch object

Examples

var newVec2 = node.convertTouchToNodeSpaceAR(touch);

getBoundingBox

Returns a "local" axis aligned bounding box of the node.
The returned box is relative only to its parent.

Examples

var boundingBox = node.getBoundingBox();

getBoundingBoxToWorld

Returns a "world" axis aligned bounding box of the node.
The bounding box contains self and active children's world bounding box.

Examples

var newRect = node.getBoundingBoxToWorld();

addChild

Adds a child to the node with z order and name.

Parameters

• child Node A child node
• zIndex Number Z order for drawing priority. Please refer to zIndex property
• name String A name to identify the node easily. Please refer to name property

Examples

node.addChild(newNode, 1, "node");

cleanup

Stops all running actions and schedulers.

Examples

node.cleanup();

sortAllChildren

Sorts the children array depends on children's zIndex and arrivalOrder, normally you won't need to invoke this function.

getDisplayedOpacity

Returns the displayed opacity of Node, the difference between displayed opacity and opacity is that displayed opacity is calculated based on opacity and parent node's opacity when cascade opacity enabled.

getDisplayedColor

Returns the displayed color of Node, the difference between displayed color and color is that displayed color is calculated based on color and parent node's color when cascade color enabled.

isCascadeOpacityEnabled

Cascade opacity is removed from v2.0 Returns whether node's opacity value affect its child nodes.

setCascadeOpacityEnabled

Cascade opacity is removed from v2.0 Enable or disable cascade opacity, if cascade enabled, child nodes' opacity will be the multiplication of parent opacity and its own opacity.

Parameters

• cascadeOpacityEnabled Boolean

setOpacityModifyRGB

Opacity modify RGB have been removed since v2.0 Set whether color should be changed with the opacity value, useless in ccsg.Node, but this function is override in some class to have such behavior.

Parameters

• opacityValue Boolean

isOpacityModifyRGB

Opacity modify RGB have been removed since v2.0 Get whether color should be changed with the opacity value.

getParent

Get parent of the node.

Examples

var parent = this.node.getParent();

setParent

Set parent of the node.

Parameters

• value Node

Examples

node.setParent(newNode);

attr

Properties configuration function
All properties in attrs will be set to the node,
when the setter of the node is available,
the property will be set via setter function.

Parameters

• attrs Object Properties to be set to node

Examples

var attrs = { key: 0, num: 100 };
node.attr(attrs);

getChildByUuid

Returns a child from the container given its uuid.

Parameters

• uuid String The uuid to find the child node.

Examples

var child = node.getChildByUuid(uuid);

getChildByName

Returns a child from the container given its name.

Parameters

• name String A name to find the child node.

Examples

var child = node.getChildByName("Test Node");

insertChild

Inserts a child to the node at a specified index.

Parameters

• child Node the child node to be inserted
• siblingIndex Number the sibling index to place the child in

Examples

node.insertChild(child, 2);

getSiblingIndex

Get the sibling index.

Examples

var index = node.getSiblingIndex();

setSiblingIndex

Set the sibling index of this node.

Parameters

• index Number

Examples

node.setSiblingIndex(1);

walk

Walk though the sub children tree of the current node. Each node, including the current node, in the sub tree will be visited two times, before all children and after all children. This function call is not recursive, it's based on stack. Please don't walk any other node inside the walk process.

Parameters

• prefunc Function The callback to process node when reach the node for the first time
  • target _BaseNode The current visiting node
• postfunc Function The callback to process node when re-visit the node after walked all children in its sub tree
  • target _BaseNode The current visiting node

Examples

node.walk(function (target) {
    console.log('Walked through node ' + target.name + ' for the first time');
}, function (target) {
    console.log('Walked through node ' + target.name + ' after walked all children in its sub tree');
});

removeFromParent

Remove itself from its parent node. If cleanup is true, then also remove all events and actions.
If the cleanup parameter is not passed, it will force a cleanup, so it is recommended that you always pass in the false parameter when calling this API.
If the node orphan, then nothing happens.

Parameters

• cleanup Boolean true if all actions and callbacks on this node should be removed, false otherwise.

Examples

node.removeFromParent();
node.removeFromParent(false);

removeChild

Removes a child from the container. It will also cleanup all running actions depending on the cleanup parameter. </p> If the cleanup parameter is not passed, it will force a cleanup.
"remove" logic MUST only be on this method
If a class wants to extend the 'removeChild' behavior it only needs
to override this method.

Parameters

• child Node The child node which will be removed.
• cleanup Boolean true if all running actions and callbacks on the child node will be cleanup, false otherwise.

Examples

node.removeChild(newNode);
node.removeChild(newNode, false);

removeAllChildren

Removes all children from the container and do a cleanup all running actions depending on the cleanup parameter.
If the cleanup parameter is not passed, it will force a cleanup.

Parameters

• cleanup Boolean true if all running actions on all children nodes should be cleanup, false otherwise.

Examples

node.removeAllChildren();
node.removeAllChildren(false);

isChildOf

Is this node a child of the given node?

Parameters

• parent Node

Examples

node.isChildOf(newNode);

getComponent

Returns the component of supplied type if the node has one attached, null if it doesn't.
You can also get component in the node by passing in the name of the script.

Parameters

• typeOrClassName Function | String

Examples

// get sprite component
var sprite = node.getComponent(cc.Sprite);
// get custom test class
var test = node.getComponent("Test");

getComponents

Returns all components of supplied type in the node.

Parameters

• typeOrClassName Function | String

Examples

var sprites = node.getComponents(cc.Sprite);
var tests = node.getComponents("Test");

getComponentInChildren

Returns the component of supplied type in any of its children using depth first search.

Parameters

• typeOrClassName Function | String

Examples

var sprite = node.getComponentInChildren(cc.Sprite);
var Test = node.getComponentInChildren("Test");

getComponentsInChildren

Returns all components of supplied type in self or any of its children.

Parameters

• typeOrClassName Function | String

Examples

var sprites = node.getComponentsInChildren(cc.Sprite);
var tests = node.getComponentsInChildren("Test");

addComponent

Adds a component class to the node. You can also add component to node by passing in the name of the script.

Parameters

• typeOrClassName Function | String The constructor or the class name of the component to add

Examples

var sprite = node.addComponent(cc.Sprite);
var test = node.addComponent("Test");

_addComponentAt

This api should only used by undo system

Parameters

• comp Component
• index Number

removeComponent

Removes a component identified by the given name or removes the component object given. You can also use component.destroy() if you already have the reference.

Parameters

• component String | Function | Component The need remove component.

Examples

node.removeComponent(cc.Sprite);
var Test = require("Test");
node.removeComponent(Test);

_getDependComponent

Parameters

• depended Component

destroyAllChildren

Destroy all children from the node, and release all their own references to other objects.
Actual destruct operation will delayed until before rendering.

Examples

node.destroyAllChildren();

destroy

Destroy this Object, and release all its own references to other objects.
Actual object destruction will delayed until before rendering. From the next frame, this object is not usable any more. You can use cc.isValid(obj) to check whether the object is destroyed before accessing it.

Examples

obj.destroy();

_destruct

Clear all references in the instance.

NOTE: this method will not clear the getter or setter functions which defined in the instance of CCObject. You can override the _destruct method if you need, for example: _destruct: function () { for (var key in this) { if (this.hasOwnProperty(key)) { switch (typeof this[key]) { case 'string': this[key] = ''; break; case 'object': case 'function': this[key] = null; break; } } }

_onPreDestroy

Called before the object being destroyed.

_serialize

The customized serialization for this object. (Editor Only)

Parameters

• exporting Boolean

_deserialize

Init this object from the custom serialized data.

Parameters

• data Object the serialized json data
• ctx _Deserializer

Events

position-changed Event

Module: cc

The position changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.POSITION_CHANGED, callback, this);

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size-changed Event

Module: cc

The size changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.SIZE_CHANGED, callback, this);

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anchor-changed Event

Module: cc

The anchor changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.ANCHOR_CHANGED, callback, this);

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child-added Event

Module: cc

The adding child event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.CHILD_ADDED, callback, this);

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child-removed Event

Module: cc

The removing child event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.CHILD_REMOVED, callback, this);

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child-reorder Event

Module: cc

The reordering child event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.CHILD_REORDER, callback, this);

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group-changed Event

Module: cc

The group changing event, you can listen to this event through the statement this.node.on(cc.Node.EventType.GROUP_CHANGED, callback, this);

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active-in-hierarchy-changed Event

Module: cc Parent Module: cc

Note: This event is only emitted from the top most node whose active value did changed, not including its child nodes.

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