Unclear documentation

[tribal wolf]

i have this:

        const holdingItem = player.getComponent("minecraft:equippable").getEquipment("Mainhand");
        const sneaking = player.isSneaking;


        world.sendMessage(" ");

        world.sendMessage(`typeof: ${typeof holdingItem}`);

        world.sendMessage(`constructor.name: ${holdingItem.constructor?.name}`);

        world.sendMessage(`${holdingItem.nameTag}`);

the first sendMessage (after the empty one) returns the type, which (when holding an item) is object
the second one returns the name of the class that its in, in this case its ItemStack, to which i go and see the class:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptapi/minecraft/server/itemstack?view=minecraft-bedrock-stable

and based on the documentation, i should be able to get the name using .nameTag but when i do, it returns undefined even though im holding a grass block. Why?

[mental flare]

Could this just be the name of an item which has had a "minecraft:name_tag" applied to it? (Which only applies to entities.) Edit: name of the name tag applied to this stack of items

The property .typeId should return the item stack's collective identifier, like "minecraft:grass", if that's what you're looking for

[tribal wolf]

Ohhhhhh ok

Lemme see

I'm kinda dumb, ofc that's what it means
I didn't scroll lower down to see the typeId

[tribal wolf]

I replaced it with .itemId and it still returns undefined

nvm i didnt save

[mental flare]

easy mistake, mojang documentation often assumes intimate knowledge with every other class and property

[tribal wolf]

yeah

its alot of text and its not clear exactly

[sour fable]

nameTag is undefined if you don't rename the item

[exotic mango]

nameTag is undefined by default on items, it is not giving you a display name of an item if it's not renamed