Support ItemView derived components as data-bindable object types

[adgray1]

Request, per this conversation, is to add support for custom ItemView derived components as data binding target types - in addition to the existing ItemVisuals derived classes.

The functionality would effectively allow users to do something along the lines of:

public class CustomView : ItemView
{
    public TextBlock Label = null;
}

In place of this CustomVisuals type within an ItemView container:

public class CustomVisuals : ItemVisuals
{
    public TextBlock Label = null;
}

[Querke]

I like this feature request! :D

[marc-antoine-girard]

I really like that. I guess one of the biggest value I see in that is this:

[RequireComponent(typeof(ButtonView))]
public class Button : MonoBehaviour
{
    // ...
}

or

[RequireComponent(typeof(Button))]
public class ButtonView : ItemView
{
    // ...
}

Right now, it's a bit confusing to add the ItemView, then set it to ButtonVisuals and then a add a Button component to register to the events and then add Interactable. There are also a bunch a other advantages regarding automation and editor workflow, since we could control how the ItemView is rendered in the editor.

[Querke]

Any update on this?

[adgray1]

No updates yet. We'll be sure to notify this thread when the development status changes to "In Progress", but it's safe to assume the feature is just working its way to the front of our priority queue until then. Thanks for being patient!