From 3c54c1613a1073b6cb7bcbcc3473b08b475d166d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RadsammyT <radsammyt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:08:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] No more lids

---
 ly-ui/src/Widget.zig           |  5 ++++-
 ly-ui/src/components/Label.zig |  9 +++++----
 src/main.zig                   | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ly-ui/src/Widget.zig b/ly-ui/src/Widget.zig
index d66fce8..07f76c3 100644
--- a/ly-ui/src/Widget.zig
+++ b/ly-ui/src/Widget.zig
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const VTable = struct {
     calculate_timeout_fn: ?*const fn (ptr: *anyopaque, ctx: *anyopaque) anyerror!?usize,
 };
 
+pub var idCounter: u64 = 0;
+
 id: u64,
 display_name: []const u8,
 keybinds: ?TerminalBuffer.KeybindMap,
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ pub fn init(
         };
     };
 
+    idCounter += 1;
     return .{
-        .id = @intFromPtr(Impl.vtable.draw_fn),
+        .id = idCounter,
         .display_name = display_name,
         .keybinds = keybinds,
         .pointer = pointer,
diff --git a/ly-ui/src/components/Label.zig b/ly-ui/src/components/Label.zig
index 83c651b..86603bb 100644
--- a/ly-ui/src/components/Label.zig
+++ b/ly-ui/src/components/Label.zig
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ const Position = @import("../Position.zig");
 const TerminalBuffer = @import("../TerminalBuffer.zig");
 const Widget = @import("../Widget.zig");
 
-lid: u64, // HACK: we need to differenciate between labels in `updateCustomInfo`.
-          // The underlying widget ID doesn't have the properties needed.
 allocator: ?Allocator,
+instance: ?Widget,
 text: []const u8,
 max_width: ?usize,
 fg: u32,
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ pub fn init(
 ) Label {
     lidCounter += 1;
     return .{
-        .lid = lidCounter,
         .allocator = null,
+        .instance = null,
         .text = text,
         .max_width = max_width,
         .fg = fg,
@@ -50,7 +49,8 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Label) void {
 }
 
 pub fn widget(self: *Label) Widget {
-    return Widget.init(
+    if (self.instance) |inst| return inst;
+    self.instance = Widget.init(
         "Label",
         null,
         self,
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub fn widget(self: *Label) Widget {
         null,
         calculateTimeout,
     );
+    return self.instance.?; // We already created the Widget.
 }
 
 pub fn setTextAlloc(
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index c049be2..85ecc23 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const CustomInfoLabel = struct {
     lbl: Label
 };
 
+
 const UiState = struct {
     allocator: Allocator,
     auth_fails: u64,
@@ -1084,19 +1085,20 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     var lblIter = custom.labels.iterator();
     while (lblIter.next()) |i| {
-        const w = Label.init("", 
-                    null,
-                    state.buffer.fg, 
-                    state.buffer.bg,
-                    &updateCustomInfo,
-                    null,
-            );
-        i.value_ptr.id = w.lid;
-        i.value_ptr.counter = 2;
         try state.custom_info.append(state.allocator, .{
             .info = i.value_ptr.*,
-            .lbl = w
+            .lbl = .init(
+                "",
+                null,
+                state.buffer.fg,
+                state.buffer.bg,
+                &updateCustomInfo,
+                null
+            )
         });
+        var latest = &state.custom_info.items[state.custom_info.items.len-1];
+        latest.info.id = latest.lbl.widget().id;
+        latest.info.counter = 2;
     }
     defer {
         for (state.custom_info.items) |*item| {
@@ -1763,7 +1765,7 @@ fn updateClock(self: *Label, ptr: *anyopaque) !void {
 
 fn updateCustomInfo(lbl: *Label, ptr: *anyopaque) !void {
     const state: *UiState = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
-    const wid = lbl.lid;
+    const wid = lbl.widget().id;
     var stdout = std.ArrayList(u8).empty;
     defer stdout.deinit(state.allocator);
     var stderr = std.ArrayList(u8).empty;