About Node Property Propagation

Learn which properties of a node affect its child nodes.

Overview

Changing certain properties on a node can propogate to its decendents:

Property	Description
Xscale, Yscale	The node’s coordinate system is scaled by these two factors. This property affects coordinate conversion, the node’s frame, drawing, and hit testing. Its descendants are similarly scaled.
Zposition	The node’s draw order. Nodes with a higher `zPosition` are rendered above nodes with a lower `zPosition`. This value propagates to its descendants such that a node’s `zPosition` is equal to that of its parent node, plus any value it holds in its own `zPosition` property.
Zrotation	The node’s coordinate system is rotated. This property affects coordinate conversion, the node’s frame, drawing, and hit testing. Its descendants are similarly scaled.
Alpha	If the node is rendered using a blend mode, the alpha value is multiplied into any alpha value before the blend operation takes place. The descendants are similarly affected.
Ishidden	If a node is hidden, the node and its descendants are not rendered.
Speed	The speed at which a node processes actions is multiplied by this value. The descendants are similarly affected.

The net effect is that a child node is rendered based not only on its own properties but also on the properties of its ancestors.