How to get the parent template instance (of the current template)

Question

Is there a clean way to get the parent template of the current template? Nothing is officially documented in Meteor\'s API. I\'m talking about the Blaze.TemplateInstan

Answer 1

If you don't want to extend Blaze.TemplateInstance you can access the parent instance like this:

Template.exampleTemplate.onRendered(function () {
  const instance = this;
  const parentInstance = instance.view.parentView.templateInstance();
});

Only tested in Meteor 1.4.x