Merge pull request #19 from boppreh/master

Add a Layout function for higher-level layouts. I might put this in a subrepository. Thanks @boppreh

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions

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+package ui
+
+// Recursively removes border margins and padding from controls, replaces
+// nil values with stretchy spaces and reorients nested stack to have
+// opposing orientations.
+func resetControls(parent *Stack) {
+	for i, control := range parent.controls {
+		switch control.(type) {
+		case *Stack:
+			stack := control.(*Stack)
+			stack.borderMargin = 0
+			stack.orientation = !parent.orientation
+			resetControls(stack)
+		case nil:
+			emptySpace := newStack(horizontal)
+			parent.controls[i] = emptySpace
+			parent.stretchy[i] = true
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Creates a new Stack from the given controls. The topmost Stack will have
+// vertical orientation and margin borders, with each nested stack being
+// oriented oppositely. Controls are displayed with a default padding
+// between them.
+func Layout(controls ...Control) *Stack {
+	stack := &Stack{
+		orientation:  vertical,
+		controls:     controls,
+		stretchy:     make([]bool, len(controls)),
+		width:        make([]int, len(controls)),
+		height:       make([]int, len(controls)),
+		padding:      10,
+		borderMargin: 15,
+	}
+
+	resetControls(stack)
+
+	return stack
+}