Is it possible to create a Vision Component that is able to create Instances of Templates?

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Hi all,

Looking to make a Vision Component that acts as a Custom implementation of the Template Canvas. From what I can tell this might not be possible (i.e. accessing and creating instances of Ignition Templates) but I am hoping someone might have a little insight and able to confirm whether this is in fact passed the technical limitations as I know IA obviously have to keep their in-house module source code under tight wraps.

All answers are appreciated thanks!

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You can subclass the Template Canvas in a 3rd party module to create a version with custom behavior.

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This is excellent news for me, is it just extending a class and if so any idea what the reference would be, etc. I tried building upon built-in modules before (or at least implementing behaviour) but was unable to see how to do so, are you able to point me to documentation as I could never find it!

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Start with the Vision Component example module:

Then subclass this:

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Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for. I always did look to see if built-in components could be extended but seems I always missed this part of the docs. Thanks!