UI scroll list - child elements ending up stretched

Questions & Answers
1

I have followed the tutorial here:

I am attempting to make a server list and I managed to get it (mostly) working.

What I am experiencing is that when I add items to my list via my script then the items are not rendering in the way I expect. If I add the list items in the editor manually then they render correctly (in the editor and in the Game window when playing).

Here is what I expect to see (and what I see if I add the items manually):

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And this is what I see when adding the items via a script:

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The items int eh list appear to be attaching properly and I think that this might just be a layout issue, but I’m not sure why adding via a script would lose this info.

I can add more specific info if people want.

UPDATE 1

It might be worth mentioning that what you can see in the 2nd image is the tops of all the items. They are rendering in the correct positions (the bottoms of the items are in the correct position) but they are stretched like so:

 ________________________________________
|________________________________________| <
|________________________________________| <
|________________________________________| <
|                                        | < expect list items
|                                        | < to be as high as
|          Server Name                   | < each arrow here
|          Server Info                   | <
|                                        | <
|________________________________________| <

            ^             ^
            |             |
            |_____________|
          I can only see here
2

I think when you ‘set parent’ your prefab, it’s scale factor changes.
You can ‘Set parent’ like this:

GameObject itemObj = GameObject.Instantiate(prefab) as GameObject;
itemObj.transform.SetParent (myPanel.transform, false);