refactor: rework how item.view is determined

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,8 +16,14 @@ These changes are available on the `master` branch, but have not yet been releas
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed the `view` attribute on many view items being incorrect.
+  ([#2981](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2981))
+
 ### Deprecated
 
+- Deprecated manually setting the `view` attribute on view items.
+  ([#2981](https://github.com/Pycord-Development/pycord/pull/2981))
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [2.7.0rc2] - 2025-10-22

discord/ui/action_row.py

@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ def add_item(self, item: ViewItem) -> Self:
         if self.width + item.width > 5:
             raise ValueError(f"Not enough space left on this ActionRow")
 
-        item._view = self.view
         item.parent = self
 
         self.children.append(item)
@@ -162,6 +161,7 @@ def remove_item(self, item: ViewItem | str | int) -> Self:
             self.children.remove(item)
         except ValueError:
             pass
+        item.parent = None
         return self
 
     def get_item(self, id: str | int) -> ViewItem | None:

discord/ui/container.py

@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ def add_item(self, item: ViewItem) -> Self:
                 f"{item.__class__!r} cannot be added directly. Use ActionRow instead."
             )
 
-        item._view = self.view
-        if hasattr(item, "items"):
-            item.view = self
         item.parent = self
 
         self.items.append(item)
@@ -170,12 +167,13 @@ def remove_item(self, item: ViewItem | str | int) -> Self:
         if isinstance(item, (str, int)):
             item = self.get_item(item)
         try:
-            if isinstance(item, Container):
+            if item.parent is self:
                 self.items.remove(item)
             else:
                 item.parent.remove_item(item)
         except ValueError:
             pass
+        item.parent = None
         return self
 
     def get_item(self, id: str | int) -> ViewItem | None:

discord/ui/item.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
     "ModalItem",
 )
 
+from ..utils import deprecated, warn_deprecated
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ..components import Component
     from ..enums import ComponentType
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._view: V | None = None
         self._row: int | None = None
         self._rendered_row: int | None = None
-        self.parent: ViewItem | BaseView | None = self.view
+        self.parent: ViewItem | BaseView | None = None
 
     @property
     def row(self) -> int | None:
@@ -208,10 +210,17 @@ def view(self) -> V | None:
         Optional[:class:`BaseView`]
             The parent view of this item, or ``None`` if the item is not attached to any view.
         """
-        return self._view
+        if self._view:
+            return self._view
+        if self.parent:
+            if isinstance(self.parent, BaseView):
+                return self.parent
+            return self.parent.view
+        return None
 
     @view.setter
-    def view(self, value) -> None:
+    def view(self, value: V | None) -> None:
+        warn_deprecated("Manually setting .view", since="2.7", removed="2.8")
         self._view = value
 
     async def callback(self, interaction: Interaction):

discord/ui/section.py

@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def remove_item(self, item: ViewItem | str | int) -> Self:
             self.items.remove(item)
         except ValueError:
             pass
+        item.parent = None
         return self
 
     def get_item(self, id: int | str) -> ViewItem | None:
@@ -226,8 +227,7 @@ def set_accessory(self, item: ViewItem) -> Self:
 
         if not isinstance(item, ViewItem):
             raise TypeError(f"expected ViewItem not {item.__class__!r}")
-        if self.view:
-            item._view = self.view
+
         item.parent = self
 
         self.accessory = item
@@ -260,13 +260,6 @@ def set_thumbnail(
 
         return self.set_accessory(thumbnail)
 
-    @ViewItem.view.setter
-    def view(self, value):
-        self._view = value
-        for item in self.walk_items():
-            item._view = value
-            item.parent = self
-
     def copy_text(self) -> str:
         """Returns the text of all :class:`~discord.ui.TextDisplay` items in this section.
         Equivalent to the `Copy Text` option on Discord clients.

discord/ui/view.py

@@ -235,11 +235,10 @@ def add_item(self, item: ViewItem[V]) -> Self:
             raise TypeError(f"expected ViewItem not {item.__class__!r}")
 
         item.parent = self
-        item._view = self
         self.children.append(item)
         return self
 
-    def remove_item(self, item: ViewItem[V] | int | str) -> None:
+    def remove_item(self, item: ViewItem[V] | int | str) -> Self:
         """Removes an item from the view. If an :class:`int` or :class:`str` is passed,
         the item will be removed by ViewItem ``id`` or ``custom_id`` respectively.
 
@@ -252,16 +251,19 @@ def remove_item(self, item: ViewItem[V] | int | str) -> None:
         if isinstance(item, (str, int)):
             item = self.get_item(item)
         try:
-            if isinstance(item.parent, BaseView):
+            if item.parent is self:
                 self.children.remove(item)
             else:
                 item.parent.remove_item(item)
         except ValueError:
             pass
+        item.parent = None
         return self
 
-    def clear_items(self) -> None:
+    def clear_items(self) -> Self:
         """Removes all items from this view."""
+        for child in self.children:
+            child.parent = None
         self.children.clear()
         return self