# C1.WPF.RichTextBox.Documents.C1TextElement.GetParents

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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Returns the list of parents from the root.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public List&lt;C1TextElement&gt; GetParents()</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function GetParents() As List(Of C1TextElement)</code></pre>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.list-1">List</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="C1.WPF.RichTextBox.Documents.C1TextElement.html">C1TextElement</a>&gt;</td>
      <td><p>The list of parents from the root.</p>
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