A working example of a two-teired ListView in Sproutcore 1.x (Tested in 1.6.x)

app

Test = SC.Application.create({ NAMESPACE: 'Test', VERSION: '0.1.0', store: SC.Store.create().from(SC.Record.fixtures) }) ;

Test.Top = SC.Record.extend({
  middles: SC.Record.toMany(
    SC.Record.extend({
      bottoms: SC.Record.toMany(
        SC.Record,
        {
          isNested: YES,
          isMaster: NO
        }
      )
    }),
    {
      isNested: YES,
      isMaster: NO
    }
  )
});

Test.TopObjectController = SC.ObjectController.create();
Test.MiddlesArrayController = SC.ArrayController.create({
  isEditable: YES,
  contentBinding: 'Test.TopObjectController.middles'
});

top = Test.Top.create({ middles: [] });
Test.TopObjectController.set('content', top);
newMiddle = SC.copy({ bottoms: [] });
Test.MiddlesArrayController.addObject( newMiddle );

views

Test.TopView = SC.View.design({
  childViews: ['middles'],
  middles: SC.ListView.design({
    contentBinding: 'Test.MiddlesArrayController.arrangedObjects',
    exampleView: SC.View.design({
      render: function () {
        sc_super();
        this.set('controller',
          SC.ArrayController.create({
            content: this.getPath('content.bottoms')
          })
        );
      },
      childViews: ['bottoms'],
      bottoms: SC.ListView.design({
        contentBinding: '.parentView.controller',
        exampleView: SC.TextFieldView.design({
          contentBinding: '.content.myField'
        })
      })
    })
  })
})

Test.TopView = SC.View.design({

  childViews: ['middles'],

  middles: SC.ListView.design({

    contentBinding: 'Test.MiddlesArrayController.arrangedObjects',

    exampleView: SC.View.design({

      childViews: ['bottoms'],

      bottoms: SC.ListView.design({

        contentBinding: '.parentView*content.bottoms',

        exampleView: SC.View.extend({

          createChildViews: function () {
            var content = this.get('content');

            this._textField = this.createChildView(SC.TextFieldView, {
              contentBinding: SC.Binding.from('myField',content)
            });
            
            this.set('childViews',[this._textField]);
          }
          
        })
        
      })
      
    })
    
  })
  
});