---
title: useParentedControllers
framework: realitykit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: realitykit/playanimationaction/useparentedcontrollers
---

# useParentedControllers

A Boolean that indicates whether to parent the new animation’s controller to the controller managing this action.

## Declaration

```swift
var useParentedControllers: Bool
```

## Discussion

Discussion Setting the value of this property to true indicates the action has control over the playback of the animation. Setting this to false indicates the animation plays independently from the action, behaving as a one shot animation