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they dont have to if you are using from code... but if you plan on using from xml, then they need either no constructor params, or defaults

this might help: https://github.com/haxeui/component-examples/tree/master/dialogs

Yeah it wasn't so complicated to be honest once I  thought about the Dialog class :)

<@!385014891750096896> If I create a dropdown from code, could I just create a DataSource<String> and define the dropdown datasource to be the one I created and the dropdown should handle it (i.e. transform the string to a item-renderer containing a label)? Or do I have to define the ItemRenderer of the dropdown ?

If its the latter there is no way right now to access the handler. If its the former it doesnt seem to work. (haxeui-kha as always)

You shouldnt have to define the item renderer, it comes with a default... data source should be enough, can you paste some code so i can understand fully what you mean?

```var dropdown = new DropDown();
        var data:DataSource<String> = new DataSource<String>();
        data.add("All");```

well, you need an actual data source impl

either `ArrayDataSource` or `ListDataSource`

```haxe
var ds = new ArrayDataSource<String>();
ds.add("all");
dropdown.dataSource = ds
```

btw do itemrenderers need a parent in the xml markup ?

I pulled most recent and I get some errors in macro builder

`dropdpwn.dataSource.add("bob")` it would have worked also, as it creates an instance... arraydatasource i think

nope; says cannot call property add of null

since datasource is null until we new it(from what I tested anyways)

oh... so i lied then... it doesnt create an instance 😄

btw do itemrenderers need a parent in the xml markup ?
I pulled most recent and I get some errors in macro builder

when building itemrenderers with the macro

can you paste a simple non working example?

`projectslist.itemRenderer =  haxe.ui.macros.ComponentMacros.buildComponent(
            "../Assets/custom/projectlist-items.xml");`

markup: ```<item-renderer id="paths" width="100%" >
    <vbox>
        <label id="name" width="100%" />
        <label id="path" width="100%" />
    </vbox>
</item-renderer>```

hmmm, i guess that should have worked... did it used to work previously?