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+title: Shortcode Variables
+linktitle: Shortcode Variables
+description: Shortcodes can access page variables and also have their own specific built-in variables.
+date: 2017-03-12
+publishdate: 2017-03-12
+lastmod: 2017-03-12
+categories: [variables and params]
+#tags: [shortcodes]
+draft: false
+menu:
+  docs:
+    parent: "variables"
+    weight: 20
+weight: 20
+sections_weight: 20
+aliases: []
+toc: false
+---
+
+[Shortcodes][shortcodes] have access to parameters delimited in the shortcode declaration via [`.Get`][getfunction], page- and site-level variables, and also the following shortcode-specific fields:
+
+`.Parent`
+: provides access to the parent shortcode context in nested shortcodes. This can be very useful for inheritance of common shortcode parameters from the root.
+
+`.IsNamedParams`
+: boolean that returns `true` when the shortcode in question uses [named rather than positional parameters][shortcodes]
+
+`.Inner`
+: represents the content between the opening and closing shortcode tags when a [closing shortcode][markdownshortcode] is used
+
+[getfunction]: /functions/get/
+[markdownshortcode]: /content-management/shortcodes/#shortcodes-with-markdown
+[shortcodes]: /templates/shortcode-templates/
+
+