In some my scripts you can find short but sophisticated input field of selecting target container(s).
This is the documentation of all abilities this input.

Doc for target containers path

 

object

 

background

 

title

 

element_one

 

element_two

 

logic

 

items

 

item1

 

back

 

value

 

item2

 

back

 

value

 

item3

 

back

 

value

 

element_three

 

footer

 

back

 

text

Type your query, or hover on the elements below:

General selectors

. or this —

the current container (where the script is placed)

logic

.. or ./.. —

get parent

object

/object —

“/” defines the root of the scene tree (it works only in the beginning of the query!)

object

* —

select all containers in the current sub-tree level

background

title

element_one

element_two

logic

items

element_three

footer

/** —

select all containers in the tree

object

background

title

element_one

element_two

logic

items

item1

back

value

item2

back

value

item3

back

value

element_three

footer

back

text

items/* —

select all direct sub-containers

item1

item2

item3

By name

title or ./title —

select container by name in the current level of sub-tree

title

element_* or ./element_* —

select containers by name with the wildcard "*"

element_one

element_three

/**/back —

find containers by name in whole tree

back

back

back

back

items/re:^item[1|2] —

find containers by Regular Expression

item1

item2

By relative index

--1 or previous or prev or up —

previous container

element_two

++1 or next or down —

next container

items

--2 —

previous of previous container

element_one

++3 —

next of next of next container

footer

-- or --all or --* —

all previous containers in the same level

background

title

element_one

element_two

++ or ++all or ++* —

all next containers in the same level

items

element_three

footer

By order index

1 —

the first container in the current level of sub-tree

background

-1 —

the last container in the current level of sub-tree

footer

Ranges

1..3 —

get from 1 to 3 indexes containers in the current level of sub-tree

background

title

element_one

-2..-1 —

get two last containers

element_three

footer

3..-1 —

get from the third to the last containers in the current level of sub-tree

element_one

element_two

logic

items

element_three

footer

2,4,6 —

get the list of containers with indexes 2, 4, 6

title

element_two

items

3.. —

get the list of containers with indexes 3 and more

element_one

element_two

logic

items

element_three

footer

..4 —

get the list of containers with indexes 4 and less (first 4 containers)

background

title

element_one

element_two