Return values from render functions

[omarkmu]

I was going to create a feature request for this, but I thought it would be best to ask in case I missed something. Is there already a way to get the created container element from functions like dv.table, dv.list, and dv.el?

Whenever I've wanted to manipulate the elements created by dataview, they've been simple elements created with dv.el so I've just resorted to using dv.container.createEl as a workaround. Recently, though, I've wanted to extend the lists and tables generated by dataview. As far as I know, this can't be done without copying from the source code or trying to get the created element from the container, which is less than ideal.

Is there something I've missed? If not, would it be possible to implement this feature? I don't imagine the return values of those functions can be modified without breaking changes (I believe return values are rendered in certain cases), but implementing additional helper functions which do return seems possible. Thanks in advance for any help.

[blacksmithgu]

There's nothing actually stopping the API from returning the created elements, they just don't currently because the rendering is done asynchronously. I can change the functions to explicitly be async and return a Promise<HTMLElement>.

[omarkmu]

That would be wonderful! Thank you for the quick response and thanks for making a great plugin. I'll be looking forward to this feature!

[blacksmithgu]

See #632 for the relevant issue - I'm currently focus on a few major feature improvements so small QOL fixes like these may be delayed a few weeks, but I will tackle all of them once 0.5.0 is out.