this allows us to lazily fetch viewmodels created easier during the application startup

Hyperbar.Windows.MediaController/MediaControllerViewModelFactory.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 namespace Hyperbar.Windows.MediaController;
 
-public class MediaControllerViewModelFactory(IServiceFactory service) :
+public class MediaControllerViewModelFactory(IServiceFactory service, ICache<MediaControllerViewModel> cache) :
     IFactory<MediaControllerViewModel?>
 {
     public MediaControllerViewModel? Create()
     {
-        return service.Create<MediaControllerViewModel>();
+        if (service.Create<MediaControllerViewModel>() is MediaControllerViewModel widgetComponentViewModel)
+        {
+            cache.Add(widgetComponentViewModel);
+            return widgetComponentViewModel;
+        }
+
+        return default;
     }
 }

Hyperbar.Windows.MediaController/MediaControllerWidgetViewModel.cs

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 public class MediaControllerWidgetViewModel(ITemplateFactory templateFactory,
     IServiceFactory serviceFactory,
     IMediator mediator,
-    IDisposer disposer) :
+    IDisposer disposer,
-    ObservableCollectionViewModel<MediaControllerViewModel>(serviceFactory, mediator, disposer),
+    IEnumerable<MediaControllerViewModel> items) :
+    ObservableCollectionViewModel<MediaControllerViewModel>(serviceFactory, mediator, disposer, items),
     IWidgetViewModel,
     ITemplatedViewModel
 {