Perspective table column dynamic render type and viewPath

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Is it possible to dynamically change the render type and viewPath for a row based on a value in the row?

I’m populating the table data with a simple dict list with a name and setting.
Then on a transform on the table data I’m doing the following to try and insert the render and viewPath as part of the data.

	tableRows = []
	for row in value:
		tableRow = {}
		tableRow['name'] = row.name
		settingValue = row.setting
		if self.view.custom.printer.driver == 'OS':
			if row.name == 'OSPrinterName':
				setting = {
					'value':row.setting,
					'render':'view',
					'viewPath':'Embedded/_Setup/_System/_Printers/Printer-List'
				}
		
		tableRow['setting'] = setting
		tableRows.append(tableRow)
	return tableRows

However it doesn’t seem to be changing the render type for that row and showing the view dictated in the viewPath.

Am I trying to do something that isn’t supported or am I missing something here?

Thanks for the help!

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Hi @bschroeder, I don't think this is supported, but I may be wrong.

The manual states (here):

Object data items must have a value property. Optionally they can also have properties to indicate the style for the object and whether it is editable.

I don't think render and viewPath are valid properties. I believe this functionality is meant to be part of the props.rows.subview.

Using this you could create a generic view that takes the viewPath as a param and displays it. Then you just need to configure the subview.viewPath (which should be your generic view) and the viewParams (based on your row logic).

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Some of the properties are randomly supported. Like enabled. So I was hoping that these were as well.

Your suggestion is my next step, I’m just trying to keep from having multiple layers if I don’t have to.

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