How to Use A Texture With ItemList In Godot 4?

Question

I'm creating a quiz game in Godot 4.2 and wanted to use a texture with an itemlist, similar to texture buttons. All I've seen so far is how to use a picture as an Icon, not as a texture. I want each item in this ItemList to have normal and pressed texture scenes.

I've searched through the docs and found a post which set the texture through code item_list.add_item("my_options_text"), load("res://Resource/Button (1).png"), true), but for mine the only thing it did was use it as an icon. Any ideas on how to do it?

Answer 1

I'm a little confused by your question but I think I can answer both possible interpretations.

You can add a texture to your ItemList options by dragging and dropping them (or selecting them via the file explorer) here:

I think this should work for most applications. The selected option (or options, if you have Select Mode set to Multi) is highlighted:

If you want more customized behavior, you would probably be best served by creating a custom Theme for the ItemList or by modifying the Theme Overrides.

If that doesn't work, you could also simply create a TextureButton scene with all the functionality you want in your buttons and then create a GridContainer filled with instances of that scene.