1``parent`` 2========== 3 4When a template uses inheritance, it's possible to render the contents of the 5parent block when overriding a block by using the ``parent`` function: 6 7.. code-block:: jinja 8 9 {% extends "base.html" %} 10 11 {% block sidebar %} 12 <h3>Table Of Contents</h3> 13 ... 14 {{ parent() }} 15 {% endblock %} 16 17The ``parent()`` call will return the content of the ``sidebar`` block as 18defined in the ``base.html`` template. 19 20.. seealso:: :doc:`extends<../tags/extends>`, :doc:`block<../functions/block>`, :doc:`block<../tags/block>` 21