From cb79bc521ab9722b6d6996a2c5ac09e30420dca9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aintmee <85761348+Aintdev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:17:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(widget): get_parent now returns pointer instead of
 reference

this makes it more safe if, for example: _parent == nullptr because nullptr would've been derefrenced.
---
 Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.cpp | 4 ++--
 Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.h   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.cpp b/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.cpp
index f1ebe3a..9421efe 100644
--- a/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.cpp
+++ b/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ namespace ctui
 		return _absolute_bounds;
 	}
 
-	const Widget& Widget::get_parent() const
+	const Widget* Widget::get_parent() const
 	{
-		return *_parent;
+		return _parent;
 	}
 
 	void Widget::set_parent(Container* parent_ptr)
diff --git a/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.h b/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.h
index 71153bd..29ce240 100644
--- a/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.h
+++ b/Source/Widgets/ctui_widget.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace ctui {
         [[nodiscard]] const Rect& get_relative_bounds() const;
         [[nodiscard]] const Rect& get_absolute_bounds() const;
 
-        [[nodiscard]] const Widget& get_parent() const;
+        [[nodiscard]] const Widget* get_parent() const;
 
         void set_parent(Container* parent_ptr);