@playcanvas/web-components 0.19.0 → 0.20.0

package/dist/pwc.js

@@ -589,8 +589,13 @@
      * - `parseBool` and `parseTags` take no attribute name, because every value is valid for them and
      *   so they never warn.
      *
-     * `getEntity` is the exception: it resolves a reference to a live entity rather than parsing a
-     * literal, and returns `null` instead of falling back to a default.
+     * `findEntityElement` and `getEntity` are the exceptions: they resolve a reference rather than
+     * parsing a literal, and return `null` instead of falling back to a default. A reference
+     * beginning with `#` is a document-wide selector (an element id, or any selector rooted in one);
+     * anything else is an entity name, resolved lexically through the entity hierarchy first and
+     * against the document after — never as a selector or an id. They also do not warn - what an
+     * unresolved reference means depends on the element holding it - so elements report through
+     * `resolveEntity`, which takes that meaning as parameters.
      */
     /**
      * Splits an attribute value into exactly `count` numeric components. Returns `null` when the
@@ -837,31 +842,212 @@
         return new playcanvas.Vec4(components);
     };
     /**
-     * Resolves a reference string to the {@link Entity} backing a `<pc-entity>` element. The reference
-     * can be a CSS selector (e.g. `#my-id`, `pc-entity[name="Foo"]`), a bare element id, or a bare
-     * entity name. Returns `null` if no matching element (or backing entity) is found.
+     * Runs querySelector, absorbing the SyntaxError an unparseable selector throws - references are
+     * arbitrary author text, so a lookup must fail to `null`, never throw.
      *
-     * @param ref - The reference string to resolve.
-     * @returns The resolved entity, or `null`.
-     * @internal
+     * @param selector - The selector to query.
+     * @returns The matched element, or `null`.
      */
-    const getEntity = (ref) => {
-        if (!ref) {
+    const query = (selector) => {
+        try {
+            return document.querySelector(selector);
+        }
+        catch {
             return null;
         }
-        let element = null;
-        // Try the reference as a CSS selector. An invalid selector (e.g. a bare name containing
-        // spaces) throws, in which case we fall back to id/name lookups below.
+    };
+    /**
+     * Runs a lookup against one scope, checking the scope element itself before its subtree — a
+     * reference deep in a cloned prefab must be able to name the prefab's root. Absorbs the
+     * SyntaxError of an invalid selector like {@link query}: escaping quotes and backslashes does not
+     * make arbitrary text a valid CSS string (a reference containing a newline still throws), so a
+     * lookup must fail to `null`, never throw.
+     *
+     * @param scope - The element whose inclusive subtree to search.
+     * @param selector - The selector to query.
+     * @returns The matched element, or `null`.
+     */
+    const queryScope = (scope, selector) => {
         try {
-            element = document.querySelector(ref);
+            return scope.matches(selector) ? scope : scope.querySelector(selector);
         }
         catch {
-            element = null;
+            return null;
         }
+    };
+    /**
+     * Reads the entity a resolved element is backing, through the `entity` accessor every
+     * entity-fronting element exposes. `null` for no element, and for an element backing nothing.
+     *
+     * @param element - The element to read, or `null`.
+     * @returns The backing entity, or `null`.
+     */
+    const entityOf = (element) => {
+        return element?.entity ?? null;
+    };
+    /**
+     * The elements that front an entity: what a bare name can resolve to, and the scopes of the
+     * lexical name lookup.
+     */
+    const ENTITY_KINDS = ['pc-entity', 'pc-model', 'pc-node'];
+    /**
+     * The entity-fronting elements as one selector, for the scope walk.
+     */
+    const ENTITY_SCOPES = ENTITY_KINDS.join(', ');
+    /**
+     * Resolves a reference string to the element it names. The grammar is closed — every reference
+     * has exactly one interpretation:
+     *
+     * - A reference beginning with `#` is a document-wide CSS selector — an element id (`#body`), or
+     *   any selector rooted in one (`#hud pc-entity`). It is authoritative: the name lookup never
+     *   runs for it, so an unusually named entity cannot shadow it.
+     * - Any other reference is the name of an entity-fronting element (`<pc-entity>`, `<pc-model>` or
+     *   `<pc-node>` — for a node, the glTF node name it binds), and nothing else. A bare reference is
+     *   never interpreted as a selector or an element id, so adding or renaming elements can never
+     *   change which form it takes.
+     *
+     * When `from` is supplied, a name resolves lexically first: the closest entity-fronting
+     * ancestor's inclusive subtree, then each outer entity-fronting ancestor, then the containing
+     * `<pc-app>`, then the document. This is what lets a `<template>` prefab reference its own
+     * entities by name — every clone resolves within itself before a document-wide lookup could reach
+     * an earlier clone — provided the prefab has a single entity-fronting root to be the enclosing
+     * scope.
+     *
+     * Separate from {@link getEntity} so a caller reporting a failure can tell the causes apart
+     * ({@link unresolvedCause} words them): nothing in the document matches the reference, or
+     * something matches but is not backing an entity (yet, or ever).
+     *
+     * @param ref - The reference string to resolve.
+     * @param from - The element resolving the reference, whose entity-fronting ancestors scope the
+     * name lookup. Omitted, the name lookup is document-wide only.
+     * @returns The matched element, or `null`.
+     * @internal
+     */
+    const findEntityElement = (ref, from) => {
+        if (!ref) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        // A '#' reference is document-wide and bypasses the name lookup entirely - an entity named
+        // '#body' must never shadow the element whose id is 'body'.
+        if (ref.startsWith('#')) {
+            return query(ref);
+        }
+        // The name lands inside a quoted CSS string, so its quotes and backslashes are escaped -
+        // a name like `say "hi"` must resolve, not turn the lookup into a SyntaxError.
+        const escaped = ref.replace(/["\\]/g, '\\$&');
+        const nameSelector = ENTITY_KINDS.map(kind => `${kind}[name="${escaped}"]`).join(', ');
+        if (from) {
+            let scope = from.parentElement?.closest(ENTITY_SCOPES);
+            while (scope) {
+                const element = queryScope(scope, nameSelector);
+                if (element) {
+                    return element;
+                }
+                scope = scope.parentElement?.closest(ENTITY_SCOPES);
+            }
+            const app = from.parentElement?.closest('pc-app');
+            if (app) {
+                const element = queryScope(app, nameSelector);
+                if (element) {
+                    return element;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return query(nameSelector);
+    };
+    /**
+     * Resolves a reference string to the {@link Entity} backing an entity-fronting element
+     * (`<pc-entity>`, `<pc-model>` or `<pc-node>`). The reference is a name — resolved lexically
+     * through the entity hierarchy first when `from` is supplied — or a document-wide `#` selector
+     * ({@link findEntityElement} details the grammar and order). Returns `null` if no matching
+     * element (or backing entity) is found.
+     *
+     * @param ref - The reference string to resolve.
+     * @param from - The element resolving the reference, whose entity-fronting ancestors scope the
+     * name lookup. Omitted, the name lookup is document-wide only.
+     * @returns The resolved entity, or `null`.
+     * @internal
+     */
+    const getEntity = (ref, from) => {
+        return entityOf(findEntityElement(ref, from));
+    };
+    /**
+     * Describes why a non-empty reference did not resolve, for a warning. Three causes, because they
+     * have three different fixes: nothing matches (usually a typo), the matched element is not backing
+     * an entity yet (usually timing - a `pc-node` whose asset has not loaded - so resolving again
+     * later can work), or the matched element can never back one (the reference points at the wrong
+     * element, so only correcting it can). Capability is the `entity` accessor every entity-backing
+     * element inherits from EntityBaseElement.
+     *
+     * @param element - The element the reference matched, or `null` when nothing did.
+     * @returns The cause, phrased to follow `could not resolve ... -`.
+     * @internal
+     */
+    const unresolvedCause = (element) => {
         if (!element) {
-            element = document.getElementById(ref) ?? document.querySelector(`pc-entity[name="${ref}"]`);
+            return 'nothing in the document matches it';
         }
-        return element?.entity ?? null;
+        const tag = `<${element.tagName.toLowerCase()}>`;
+        return 'entity' in element
+            ? `${tag} matches it but is not backing an entity yet`
+            : `${tag} matches it but cannot back an entity`;
+    };
+    /**
+     * Builds the migration pointer for a bare reference that names nothing but matches the id of an
+     * entity-fronting element - it was almost certainly meant as an id, so point at the form that
+     * expresses it, escaped so the suggestion actually parses as a selector (an id like `a:b` must
+     * be written `#a\:b`). Empty when the reference is already a `#` form, matches no id, or the id
+     * belongs to an element that could never back an entity - suggesting it would only trade this
+     * warning for the wrong-target one.
+     *
+     * @param ref - The unresolved reference.
+     * @param prefix - Text the suggested form must carry in the caller's syntax (e.g. `entity:`).
+     * @returns The advice sentence, or an empty string.
+     * @internal
+     */
+    const idHint = (ref, prefix = '') => {
+        const match = !ref.startsWith('#') && document.getElementById(ref);
+        return match && 'entity' in match
+            ? `A bare reference is a name - write '${prefix}#${CSS.escape(ref)}' to reference the element with that id.`
+            : '';
+    };
+    /**
+     * Resolves a reference string to the {@link Entity} backing an entity-fronting element, scoped to
+     * the resolving element ({@link findEntityElement} details the order) and warning when a
+     * non-empty reference does not resolve - otherwise the reference fails silently, invisible
+     * except through the behavior it should have driven. The message names which of the three causes
+     * ({@link unresolvedCause}) it hit, and advises reassigning later only when that can work.
+     *
+     * An empty reference stays silent: it is the unset state of an optional attribute, and on some
+     * elements (`pc-joint` `entity-b`, `pc-button` `image`) a documented value of its own.
+     *
+     * @param ref - The reference string to resolve.
+     * @param from - The element resolving the reference; scopes the lookup and names the message.
+     * @param attribute - The attribute being resolved, for the message.
+     * @param consequence - What the unresolved reference means for the element, for the message.
+     * @returns The resolved entity, or `null`.
+     * @internal
+     */
+    const resolveEntity = (ref, from, attribute, consequence) => {
+        if (!ref) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        const element = findEntityElement(ref, from);
+        const entity = entityOf(element);
+        if (!entity) {
+            let advice = `Assign ${attribute} again once the entity exists.`;
+            if (element && !('entity' in element)) {
+                advice = `Point ${attribute} at a pc-entity, pc-model or pc-node instead.`;
+            }
+            else if (!element) {
+                const hint = idHint(ref);
+                if (hint) {
+                    advice = hint;
+                }
+            }
+            console.warn(`${from.tagName.toLowerCase()} could not resolve ${attribute} '${ref}' - ${unresolvedCause(element)} - ${consequence}. ${advice}`);
+        }
+        return entity;
     };
 
     /**
@@ -1017,6 +1203,12 @@
          * click count that `detail` carries. `null` until a click has fired.
          */
         _lastClick = null;
+        /**
+         * Serializes dispatch of the discrete synthesized events (pointerdown, pointerup, click),
+         * whose picks resolve in GPU order, not canvas-event order. Replaced on teardown, so a pick
+         * that never resolves cannot stall the dispatches of a later boot.
+         */
+        _dispatchChain = Promise.resolve();
         _app = null;
         _loadProgress = 0;
         /**
@@ -1363,9 +1555,8 @@
         _pickerCreate() {
             const { width, height } = this.app.graphicsDevice;
             this._picker = new playcanvas.Picker(this.app, width, height);
-            // Create bound handlers but don't attach them yet. The handlers pick asynchronously, so
-            // each is wrapped to discard the promise - a listener must not return one, and nothing
-            // awaits the result.
+            // Create bound handlers but don't attach them yet. The move handler is async, so it is
+            // wrapped to discard the promise - a listener must not return one.
             const listener = (handler) => {
                 return (event) => {
                     handler.call(this, event);
@@ -1401,6 +1592,8 @@
             this._downPicks.clear();
             this._clickListened = false;
             this._lastClick = null;
+            // Replace the chain: a pick that never resolves must not stall a later boot's dispatches
+            this._dispatchChain = Promise.resolve();
         }
         /**
          * Registers the element that fronts an entity. Called by EntityElement when it creates its
@@ -1603,9 +1796,22 @@
                 newHoverEntity.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointermove', event));
             }
         }
-        async _onPointerDown(event) {
+        /**
+         * Appends a dispatch step to {@link _dispatchChain}. Must be called synchronously from the
+         * canvas event handler - the order of appends is what carries canvas-event order. A step
+         * that rejects is reported and released, so the steps queued behind it still dispatch.
+         *
+         * @param step - The dispatch work to run once every earlier step has finished.
+         */
+        _chainDispatch(step) {
+            this._dispatchChain = this._dispatchChain.then(step).catch((error) => {
+                console.error(error);
+            });
+        }
+        _onPointerDown(event) {
             if (!this._picker || !this.app)
                 return;
+            // Picks stay concurrent - only the dispatch of the results is serialized
             const pick = this._pickNode(event);
             // A click concludes on the matching pointerup, which needs to know what the press
             // picked. Primary button only - the only button a click can conclude from - and only
@@ -1614,51 +1820,61 @@
             if (this._clickListened && event.button === 0) {
                 this._downPicks.set(event.pointerId, pick);
             }
-            const node = await pick;
-            if (!this._picker)
-                return; // the element disconnected while the pick was in flight
-            const entityElement = this._elementWithListener(node, 'pointerdown');
-            if (entityElement) {
-                entityElement.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', event));
-            }
+            this._chainDispatch(async () => {
+                const node = await pick;
+                if (!this._picker)
+                    return; // the element disconnected while the pick was in flight
+                const entityElement = this._elementWithListener(node, 'pointerdown');
+                if (entityElement) {
+                    entityElement.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerdown', event));
+                }
+            });
         }
-        async _onPointerUp(event) {
+        _onPointerUp(event) {
             if (!this._picker || !this.app)
                 return;
             // The press pick this release may conclude as a click. Claimed synchronously, so the
             // entry is gone before any other event for this pointer can be handled.
             const downPick = this._downPicks.get(event.pointerId);
             this._downPicks.delete(event.pointerId);
-            const node = await this._pickNode(event);
-            if (!this._picker)
-                return; // the element disconnected while the pick was in flight
-            const entityElement = this._elementWithListener(node, 'pointerup');
-            if (entityElement) {
-                entityElement.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerup', event));
-            }
+            const pick = this._pickNode(event);
+            this._chainDispatch(async () => {
+                const node = await pick;
+                if (!this._picker)
+                    return; // the element disconnected while the pick was in flight
+                const entityElement = this._elementWithListener(node, 'pointerup');
+                if (entityElement) {
+                    entityElement.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerup', event));
+                }
+            });
             // A click fires where the DOM fires it: at the nearest common inclusive ancestor of
-            // what the press and the release picked, for the primary button only. The press pick
-            // may still be in flight - a quick tap resolves in pick order, not event order.
+            // what the press and the release picked, for the primary button only. Appended after
+            // the release's own step, so it dispatches after the pointerup that concludes it.
             if (!downPick || event.button !== 0)
                 return;
-            const downNode = await downPick;
-            if (!this._picker)
-                return;
-            const clickElement = this._elementWithListener(commonAncestor(downNode, node), 'click');
-            if (clickElement) {
-                const click = new PointerEvent('click', event);
-                // The init above copied pointerup's `detail`, which the Pointer Events spec fixes
-                // at 0 - but click is exempt: its detail is the click count, chained here as the
-                // platform chains it (same target, within the double-click window). Overridden
-                // with defineProperty because an event instance used as an init dict cannot have
-                // single fields replaced.
-                const time = performance.now();
-                const last = this._lastClick;
-                const count = last && last.element === clickElement && time - last.time <= CLICK_CHAIN_MS ? last.count + 1 : 1;
-                this._lastClick = { element: clickElement, time, count };
-                Object.defineProperty(click, 'detail', { value: count });
-                clickElement.dispatchEvent(click);
-            }
+            this._chainDispatch(async () => {
+                // A rejected pick was already reported by the press or release step that awaited it;
+                // here it just means no click can conclude.
+                const picked = await Promise.all([downPick, pick]).catch(() => null);
+                if (!picked || !this._picker)
+                    return;
+                const [downNode, upNode] = picked;
+                const clickElement = this._elementWithListener(commonAncestor(downNode, upNode), 'click');
+                if (clickElement) {
+                    const click = new PointerEvent('click', event);
+                    // The init above copied pointerup's `detail`, which the Pointer Events spec fixes
+                    // at 0 - but click is exempt: its detail is the click count, chained here as the
+                    // platform chains it (same target, within the double-click window). Overridden
+                    // with defineProperty because an event instance used as an init dict cannot have
+                    // single fields replaced.
+                    const time = performance.now();
+                    const last = this._lastClick;
+                    const count = last && last.element === clickElement && time - last.time <= CLICK_CHAIN_MS ? last.count + 1 : 1;
+                    this._lastClick = { element: clickElement, time, count };
+                    Object.defineProperty(click, 'detail', { value: count });
+                    clickElement.dispatchEvent(click);
+                }
+            });
         }
         /**
          * Attaches exactly the canvas listeners the tree's current element listeners need, and
@@ -4722,7 +4938,9 @@
             };
             // The image entity defaults to the button's own entity (which carries the image element)
             // when no explicit reference is provided.
-            const imageEntity = this._image ? getEntity(this._image) : this.closestEntity?.entity;
+            const imageEntity = this._image
+                ? resolveEntity(this._image, this, 'image', 'reference ignored')
+                : this.closestEntity?.entity;
             if (imageEntity) {
                 data.imageEntity = imageEntity;
             }
@@ -4765,21 +4983,27 @@
             return this._active;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` whose image
-         * element is used for visual transitions. Defaults to the button's own entity — inside a
-         * `<pc-model>`, that is the model's host entity, so supply an explicit reference to target a
-         * UI entity instead.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity whose image element is used for visual transitions. An exact name
+         * resolves against the nearest enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document.
+         * Defaults to the button's own entity — inside a `<pc-model>`, that is the model's host
+         * entity, so supply an explicit reference to target a UI entity instead. A non-empty
+         * reference that does not resolve warns and is ignored.
          * @param value - The image entity reference.
          */
         set image(value) {
             this._image = value;
-            const entity = getEntity(value);
-            if (this.component && entity) {
-                this.component.imageEntity = entity;
+            if (this.component) {
+                const entity = resolveEntity(value, this, 'image', 'reference ignored');
+                if (entity) {
+                    this.component.imageEntity = entity;
+                }
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` whose image element is used for visual transitions.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity whose image element is used for visual transitions, or empty for
+         * the button's own entity.
          * @returns The image entity reference.
          */
         get image() {
@@ -6507,7 +6731,12 @@
      * primary axis: a hinge rotates about it, a slider translates along it and a ball joint twists
      * about it. The constrained bodies are referenced by `entity-a` and `entity-b`, both of which need
      * a rigid body component; leaving `entity-b` empty constrains `entity-a` to a fixed point in world
-     * space. The underlying engine component is in alpha, so its API may change.
+     * space. A reference can name any entity-fronting element — `<pc-entity>`, `<pc-model>` or
+     * `<pc-node>`, so a ragdoll can join a model's own skeleton nodes by name — and a name resolves
+     * against the nearest enclosing entity first, then outward through the entity hierarchy, then the
+     * document, while a `#` selector resolves document-wide. A `<template>` prefab with one
+     * entity-fronting root can therefore wire its joints by name and stay self-contained when cloned.
+     * The underlying engine component is in alpha, so its API may change.
      *
      * @elementSummary The `<pc-joint>` element constrains two rigid bodies to each other — a hinged
      * door, a swinging chain, a sliding drawer. Its entity's transform is the joint frame, and
@@ -6661,8 +6890,8 @@
                 breakImpulse: this._breakImpulse,
                 enableCollision: this._enableCollision,
                 enableLimits: this._enableLimits,
-                entityA: getEntity(this._entityA),
-                entityB: getEntity(this._entityB),
+                entityA: resolveEntity(this._entityA, this, 'entity-a', 'constraint not created'),
+                entityB: resolveEntity(this._entityB, this, 'entity-b', 'constraint not created'),
                 limits: this._limits,
                 linearDamping: this._linearDamping,
                 linearEquilibrium: this._linearEquilibrium,
@@ -6917,39 +7146,48 @@
             return this._enableLimits;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` providing
-         * the first constrained body. The reference resolves when it is set, so an entity created
-         * later is picked up by setting the attribute again.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the element providing the first constrained body. An exact name resolves
+         * against the nearest enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document. The reference
+         * resolves when it is set, so an entity created later is picked up by setting the attribute
+         * again. A non-empty reference that does not resolve warns, naming which of the two causes it
+         * hit.
          * @param value - The first body's entity reference.
          */
         set entityA(value) {
             this._entityA = value;
             if (this.component) {
-                this.component.entityA = getEntity(value);
+                this.component.entityA = resolveEntity(value, this, 'entity-a', 'constraint not created');
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` providing the first constrained body.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the element providing the first constrained body.
          * @returns The first body's entity reference.
          */
         get entityA() {
             return this._entityA;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` providing
-         * the second constrained body, or empty to constrain the first body to a fixed point in world
-         * space. The reference resolves when it is set, so an entity created later is picked up by
-         * setting the attribute again.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the element providing the second constrained body, or empty to constrain the
+         * first body to a fixed point in world space. An exact name resolves against the nearest
+         * enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document. The reference resolves when it is
+         * set, so an entity created later is picked up by setting the attribute again. A non-empty
+         * reference that does not resolve warns; an empty one is the documented world-space case and
+         * stays silent.
          * @param value - The second body's entity reference.
          */
         set entityB(value) {
             this._entityB = value;
             if (this.component) {
-                this.component.entityB = getEntity(value);
+                this.component.entityB = resolveEntity(value, this, 'entity-b', 'constraint not created');
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` providing the second constrained body.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the element providing the second constrained body, or empty for the
+         * world-space case.
          * @returns The second body's entity reference.
          */
         get entityB() {
@@ -11323,7 +11561,7 @@
                 value: this._value,
                 handleSize: this._handleSize
             };
-            const handle = getEntity(this._handle);
+            const handle = resolveEntity(this._handle, this, 'handle', 'reference ignored');
             if (handle) {
                 data.handleEntity = handle;
             }
@@ -11389,19 +11627,24 @@
             return this._handleSize;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` used as the
-         * scrollbar handle.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity used as the scrollbar handle. An exact name resolves against the
+         * nearest enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document. A non-empty reference that
+         * does not resolve warns and is ignored.
          * @param value - The handle entity reference.
          */
         set handle(value) {
             this._handle = value;
-            const entity = getEntity(value);
-            if (this.component && entity) {
-                this.component.handleEntity = entity;
+            if (this.component) {
+                const entity = resolveEntity(value, this, 'handle', 'reference ignored');
+                if (entity) {
+                    this.component.handleEntity = entity;
+                }
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` used as the scrollbar handle.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity used as the scrollbar handle.
          * @returns The handle entity reference.
          */
         get handle() {
@@ -11483,19 +11726,19 @@
                 horizontalScrollbarVisibility: visibilities.get(this._horizontalScrollbarVisibility),
                 verticalScrollbarVisibility: visibilities.get(this._verticalScrollbarVisibility)
             };
-            const viewport = getEntity(this._viewport);
+            const viewport = resolveEntity(this._viewport, this, 'viewport', 'reference ignored');
             if (viewport) {
                 data.viewportEntity = viewport;
             }
-            const content = getEntity(this._content);
+            const content = resolveEntity(this._content, this, 'content', 'reference ignored');
             if (content) {
                 data.contentEntity = content;
             }
-            const horizontalScrollbar = getEntity(this._horizontalScrollbar);
+            const horizontalScrollbar = resolveEntity(this._horizontalScrollbar, this, 'horizontal-scrollbar', 'reference ignored');
             if (horizontalScrollbar) {
                 data.horizontalScrollbarEntity = horizontalScrollbar;
             }
-            const verticalScrollbar = getEntity(this._verticalScrollbar);
+            const verticalScrollbar = resolveEntity(this._verticalScrollbar, this, 'vertical-scrollbar', 'reference ignored');
             if (verticalScrollbar) {
                 data.verticalScrollbarEntity = verticalScrollbar;
             }
@@ -11671,76 +11914,96 @@
             return this._verticalScrollbarVisibility;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` used as the
-         * viewport, which clips the content to the scroll view's bounds.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity used as the viewport, which clips the content to the scroll view's
+         * bounds. An exact name resolves against the nearest enclosing entity first, then outward,
+         * then the document. A non-empty reference that does not resolve warns and is ignored.
          * @param value - The viewport entity reference.
          */
         set viewport(value) {
             this._viewport = value;
-            const entity = getEntity(value);
-            if (this.component && entity) {
-                this.component.viewportEntity = entity;
+            if (this.component) {
+                const entity = resolveEntity(value, this, 'viewport', 'reference ignored');
+                if (entity) {
+                    this.component.viewportEntity = entity;
+                }
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` used as the viewport.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity used as the viewport.
          * @returns The viewport entity reference.
          */
         get viewport() {
             return this._viewport;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` used as the
-         * content, which is moved as the scroll view is scrolled.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity used as the content, which is moved as the scroll view is
+         * scrolled. An exact name resolves against the nearest enclosing entity first, then outward,
+         * then the document. A non-empty reference that does not resolve warns and is ignored.
          * @param value - The content entity reference.
          */
         set content(value) {
             this._content = value;
-            const entity = getEntity(value);
-            if (this.component && entity) {
-                this.component.contentEntity = entity;
+            if (this.component) {
+                const entity = resolveEntity(value, this, 'content', 'reference ignored');
+                if (entity) {
+                    this.component.contentEntity = entity;
+                }
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` used as the content.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity used as the content.
          * @returns The content entity reference.
          */
         get content() {
             return this._content;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` containing
-         * the horizontal `<pc-scrollbar>`.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity containing the horizontal `<pc-scrollbar>`. An exact name resolves
+         * against the nearest enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document. A non-empty
+         * reference that does not resolve warns and is ignored.
          * @param value - The horizontal scrollbar entity reference.
          */
         set horizontalScrollbar(value) {
             this._horizontalScrollbar = value;
-            const entity = getEntity(value);
-            if (this.component && entity) {
-                this.component.horizontalScrollbarEntity = entity;
+            if (this.component) {
+                const entity = resolveEntity(value, this, 'horizontal-scrollbar', 'reference ignored');
+                if (entity) {
+                    this.component.horizontalScrollbarEntity = entity;
+                }
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` containing the horizontal scrollbar.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity containing the horizontal scrollbar.
          * @returns The horizontal scrollbar entity reference.
          */
         get horizontalScrollbar() {
             return this._horizontalScrollbar;
         }
         /**
-         * Sets the reference (CSS selector, element id or entity name) to the `<pc-entity>` containing
-         * the vertical `<pc-scrollbar>`.
+         * Sets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity containing the vertical `<pc-scrollbar>`. An exact name resolves
+         * against the nearest enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document. A non-empty
+         * reference that does not resolve warns and is ignored.
          * @param value - The vertical scrollbar entity reference.
          */
         set verticalScrollbar(value) {
             this._verticalScrollbar = value;
-            const entity = getEntity(value);
-            if (this.component && entity) {
-                this.component.verticalScrollbarEntity = entity;
+            if (this.component) {
+                const entity = resolveEntity(value, this, 'vertical-scrollbar', 'reference ignored');
+                if (entity) {
+                    this.component.verticalScrollbarEntity = entity;
+                }
             }
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the reference to the `<pc-entity>` containing the vertical scrollbar.
+         * Gets the reference (a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` name, or a document-wide `#`
+         * selector) to the entity containing the vertical scrollbar.
          * @returns The vertical scrollbar entity reference.
          */
         get verticalScrollbar() {
@@ -11823,7 +12086,9 @@
      *   Values are parsed according to the type of the attribute's current value — initially the
      *   script's declared default (numbers, booleans, strings, Vec2/3/4, Color, Quat as Euler
      *   angles) — and the `asset:`/`entity:`/`vec2:`/`vec3:`/`vec4:`/`color:` prefixes may be used
-     *   to be explicit.
+     *   to be explicit. An `entity:` reference is an entity name — resolved against the nearest
+     *   enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document — or a document-wide `#` selector
+     *   (`entity:#id`); a bare value is always a name, never an element id.
      * - **The `attributes` JSON attribute**: an object supporting nested structures and attribute
      *   names that collide with reserved HTML attribute names (e.g. `title`).
      *
@@ -11839,7 +12104,8 @@
      *
      * @elementSummary The `<pc-script-instance>` element attaches one script class, named by `name`, to
      * the entity of its parent `<pc-script>`. Its other attributes set script attributes of the same
-     * name, and `attributes` takes a JSON object instead. Must be a direct child of `<pc-script>`.
+     * name, and `attributes` takes a JSON object instead. An `entity:` value is an entity name —
+     * write `entity:#id` for an element id. Must be a direct child of `<pc-script>`.
      *
      * @fires {CustomEvent} scriptattributeschange - Fired when the script's attributes change. The
      * `detail` carries the new `attributes` object. Bubbles.
@@ -11859,9 +12125,11 @@
         /**
          * Sets the attributes of the script as an object. Values are converted with the same rules
          * as the `attributes` attribute: `asset:`/`entity:` references and `vec2:`/`vec3:`/`vec4:`/
-         * `color:` prefixed strings are resolved, and a plain numeric array is converted to the
-         * type of the attribute it targets when that attribute currently holds a Vec2, Vec3, Vec4
-         * or Color.
+         * `color:` prefixed strings are resolved (an entity name against the nearest enclosing
+         * entity first, then outward, then the document — or a document-wide `#` selector; a bare
+         * value is always a name, never an element id), and a plain numeric array is converted to
+         * the type of the attribute it targets when that attribute currently holds a Vec2, Vec3,
+         * Vec4 or Color.
          * @param value - The attributes of the script.
          */
         set scriptAttributes(value) {
@@ -11872,7 +12140,10 @@
             }));
         }
         /**
-         * Gets the attributes of the script.
+         * Gets the attributes of the script as an object whose `asset:`, `entity:`, `vec2:`, `vec3:`,
+         * `vec4:` and `color:` prefixed values are resolved when applied — an `entity:` value being
+         * an entity name (nearest enclosing entity first, then outward, then the document) or a
+         * document-wide `#` selector (`entity:#id`), never a bare element id.
          * @returns The attributes of the script.
          */
         get scriptAttributes() {
@@ -12083,18 +12354,23 @@
         return raw;
     };
     /**
-     * Resolves an `entity:` prefix to the Entity backing a `pc-entity` element. The reference can be a
-     * CSS selector, an element id or an entity name.
+     * Resolves an `entity:` prefix to the Entity backing a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node`
+     * element. The reference is a name — resolved against the nearest enclosing entity first, then
+     * outward, then the document — or a document-wide `#` selector. The failure warning names which
+     * of the three causes ({@link unresolvedCause}) it hit.
      * @param rest - The entity reference.
      * @param raw - The raw value, returned unchanged when the reference does not resolve.
+     * @param from - The element the value is declared under, which scopes the reference.
      * @returns The entity, or `raw`.
      */
-    const entityConversion = (rest, raw) => {
-        const entity = getEntity(rest);
+    const entityConversion = (rest, raw, from) => {
+        const entity = getEntity(rest, from);
         if (entity) {
             return entity;
         }
-        console.warn(`Unable to resolve '${raw}' in script attributes - no pc-entity found matching '${rest}'.`);
+        const element = findEntityElement(rest, from);
+        const hint = element ? '' : idHint(rest, 'entity:');
+        console.warn(`Unable to resolve '${raw}' in script attributes - ${unresolvedCause(element)}.${hint ? ` ${hint}` : ''}`);
         return raw;
     };
     /**
@@ -12227,8 +12503,10 @@
         /**
          * Recursively converts raw attribute data into proper PlayCanvas types. Supported conversions:
          * - "asset:id" → the Asset created by the `pc-asset` element with that id
-         * - "entity:ref" → the Entity backing a `pc-entity` element. The reference can be a CSS
-         *   selector, an element id or an entity name.
+         * - "entity:ref" → the Entity backing a `pc-entity`, `pc-model` or `pc-node` element. The
+         *   reference is a name, resolved against this element's nearest enclosing entity first,
+         *   then outward, then the document — or a document-wide `#` selector (`entity:#id`). A bare
+         *   value is always a name, never an id.
          * - "vec2:1 2" → new Vec2(1, 2)
          * - "vec3:1 2 3" → new Vec3(1, 2, 3)
          * - "vec4:1 2 3 4" → new Vec4(1, 2, 3, 4)
@@ -12242,7 +12520,7 @@
         convertAttributes(item) {
             if (typeof item === 'string') {
                 const match = matchConversion(item);
-                return match ? match.convert(match.rest, item) : item;
+                return match ? match.convert(match.rest, item, this) : item;
             }
             if (Array.isArray(item)) {
                 return item.map((element) => this.convertAttributes(element));