Accessing parent context in Meteor templates and template helpers

Question

I\'m running into a template context situation that I\'m having a hard time finding a way around.

Here\'s the template in question:

Answer 1

I don't know the formal way (if there is one), but to solve your issue, I would link the participants with the parent ID like this:

{
    _id: "1234",
    question: "Whats up?",
    ...
    participants: [
      {
        _id: "abcd",
        parent_id: "1234",
        vote: 0
      }
    ]
}

and use this parent_id in helpers, events, etc. to jump back to the parent using findOne. That is obviously a sub optimal thing to do, but it's the easiest way that comes to my mind as long as there is no way of referencing the parent context. Maybe there is a way but it is very well hidden in the inner workings of Meteor without mention in the docs, if so: Please update this question if you find one.