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title: "Perspective - Coordinate Container Scripting"
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# Perspective - Coordinate Container Scripting

> This page details the various scripting, component, and extension functions available for [Perspective's Coordinate Container](perspective-coordinate-container.md) component.

## Component Events

The [Perspective Event Types Reference](appendix/reference-pages/perspective-event-types-reference.md) page describes all the possible component event types for Perspective components. Not all component events support each Perspective component. The [Component Events and Actions](ignition-modules/perspective/working-with-perspective-components/component-events-and-actions.md) page shows how to configure events and actions on a Perspective component. Component scripting is handled separately and can be accessed from the Component menubar or by right clicking on the component.

### onPipeClicked
This event will trigger when a pipe in this container is clicked.

:::note
This component event is designed to be used in tandem with a script runAction. Within the script action, special properties and methods are available on the **event** object, which is passed to the script action as a parameter.
:::

#### event.event
* Object Path
    * event.event

* Type
    * Dictionary

* Description
    * The event object generated from the mouse click.

#### event.pipeIndex
* Object Path
    * event.pipeIndex

* Type
    * Integer or float

* Description
    * The array index of the pipe within props.pipes that was clicked.

#### event.pipeName
* Object Path
    * event.pipeName

* Type
    * String

* Description
    * The name of the pipe that was clicked.

## Component Functions
### .getChildren()
* Description
    * Returns an ArrayList, which contains references to all components inside of the container.
* Parameters
    * None
* Return
    * Array List - An ArrayList of components in the container. The resulting ArrayList can be iterated over via a for-loop.

## Extension Functions
This component does not have extension functions associated with it.