Idea: relative right, left, top, bottom based on styler symbol

[markrickert]

I think it would be neat to do something like this in a stylesheet

def thing1(st)
  st.frame = {
    t: 5,
    l: 5,
    w: 10,
    h: 10
  }
end

def thing2(st)
  st.frame = {
    below: :thing1,
    right_of: :thing1
    w: 10,
    h: 10
  }
end

and it would put thing2 at: [15, 15]

We'd have to think of how we might be able to integrate spacing in this so like I want to place something to the right of element thing_n plus 10 points, for example.

Thoughts?

[twerth]

Yeah, I think it's a good idea. But I agree we'd have to come up with something that worked well when specifying the gap.

So currently you'd do this if you want it set to [25,25]:

def thing2(st)
  st.frame = {
    t: rmq(:thing1).frame.bottom + 10,
    l: rmq(:thing1).frame.right + 10,
    w: 10,
    h: 10
  }
end

We can come up with a good API for that. Let me think.

[twerth]

We could use padding, but this doesn't seem very nice:

def thing2(st)
  st.frame = {
    below: :thing1,
    right_of: :thing1,
    w: 10,
    h: 10,
    padding: {l: 10, t: 10}
  }
end

[twerth]

This isn't very nice either:

def thing2(st)
  st.frame = {
    below: {thing1: 10},
    right_of: {thing1: 10},
    w: 10,
    h: 10
  }
end

[twerth]

I like this one, as it's consistent with below_prev: 10

def thing2(st)
  st.frame = {
    below(:thing1): 10,
    right_of(:thing1): 10,
    w: 10,
    h: 10
  }
end

For 0, just use 0:

def thing2(st)
  st.frame = {
    below(:thing1): 0,
    right_of(:thing1): 0,
    w: 10,
    h: 10
  }
end

Yup, I like this.