Problem with ScrollContainer

Lorix

I have a ScrollContainer which when I add children does not update. How can I go about solving?

DaveTheCoder

Can you provide more details?

Lorix

The container works if I add the children in the editor, but if I add them via script it doesn't work. I am using it for a leaderboard, so i need to add children from script and not manually

DaveTheCoder

Are you adding children directly to the ScrollContainer, or to a child container of the ScrollContainer? (A ScrollContainer can only have one top-level child.)

Lorix

To a child container of the ScrollContainer

DaveTheCoder

I'm not sure what the problem is, then. I've had difficulty getting ScrollContainers to work properly, but I've eventually succeeded.

There's some "magic" in the way it incorporates the scroll bar, which is easy to mess up.

And I had a recent issue with a node that I added to a ScrollContainer's container child that was extending outside the ScrollContainer. I solved it by enabling the ScrollContainer's Clip Content property.

Lorix

My problem is that when I add child nodes it doesn't update the Scrollbars

DaveTheCoder

Are you simulating something like a terminal window that autoscrolls to the bottom as new text is appended?

Lorix

No it's a leaderboard that contains many users so I need the ability to scroll

Lorix

I should be able to reset the scroll container because it doesn't update automatically when I add children via script.

DaveTheCoder

Is the problem that it's not auto-scrolling to the bottom?

Lorix

No, the problem is that it doesn't create the bars.

Megalomaniak

Are you sure you have enough content to fill the container? If not then I don't think the bars are supposed to be visible.

Lorix

Yes i am sure there is enough content.

Lorix

I solved it by changing the min_size, sorry for the trouble.

NightBlade

Thanks for posting this, I spent an hour on this and it turns out the secret-sauce was "minimum size"