View IDs

[ghost]

I need a simple way to identify views in my config. Can you please add something like view IDs?

I've tried to do this 'little change' myself, but can't seem to get it right.

Edit: It seems I just had an awful error in my init.lua, otherwise it could (or could not) have worked.

[buffet]

View IDs are something I tried to avoid. You should be able to just store references to them, and directly compare them (with ==). What's your exact usecase?

[ghost]

• custom properties — I need something to use as the key, and two references to the same view are different keys
• (later) placement in the layout — references could be enough

Why do you not want them to have IDs?

[buffet]

ID systems are just awkward when you already have refs.

You mean as keys in a table? That might be an issue, I'll check what we could do.

One way should be to guarantee that all views always get the same ref.

[ghost]

Just realised I can kind-of do this simply by keeping a table of all views & searching through it every time. I haven't yet adapted my config to it, but I think it'll work.

I'll let you know then, & I think if everything's OK this can be closed afterwards.

[ghost]

Tested now, seems to work pretty well.

Anyway, having it 'native' is still welcome at any time.