Elements

Reusable UI Toolkit VisualElement components for the Paragon Editor. Each element extends ParagonVisualElement<T>, comes with a UXML template and USS stylesheet, and can be used both programmatically and in UI Builder.

Architecture

Element Subsystems

Element	Purpose
Icon	Paragon icon display with optional superscript/subscript overlays
Toolbox	Collapsible inspector container with header, icon, and tool buttons

Common Pattern

All elements follow the ParagonVisualElement<T> lifecycle:

1. Creation — Create() or CreateImmediate() static factory, or via UXML

2. Template — UXML template loaded via [UxmlTemplate] attribute

3. Initialization — OnCreateGUI() queries child elements and sets up bindings

4. Properties — Setter methods (e.g., SetHeader()) guard against null elements before template is loaded

See Also

• ParagonVisualElement — base class for all Paragon elements

• Paragon Editor Overview — root editor module