---
title: Name Resolution (Scope)
description: How Slint looks up properties, functions, and callbacks.
---

When you use a name without an element prefix, Slint looks it up on the current element first,
then on its parent, and so on up to the root of the component.
When you qualify a name with an element (or `self`, `parent`, `root`),
only that element is searched.

This means a function can shadow another function from an ancestor element:

```slint
export component Example {
    property <int> secret_number: my-function();
    public pure function my-function() -> int {
        return 1;
    }

    VerticalLayout {
        public pure function my-function() -> int {
            return 2;
        }

        Text {
            text: "The secret number is " + my-function();
            public pure function my-function() -> int {
                return 3;
            }
        }

        Text {
            text: "The other secret number is " + my-function();
        }
    }
}
```

In this example, `secret_number` is 1,
and the labels say "The secret number is 3" and "The other secret number is 2".

The exact rules are in the [Name Resolution](../../../../reference/language/name-resolution/)
chapter of the language reference.
