@jimka/typescript-ui

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Absolute ​

Absolute is the no-op layout manager. It performs no automatic positioning; children are expected to be positioned manually via setPosition, setX, setY.

+--------------------------+
|                          |
|     [child @ 50,30]      |
|                          |
|             [child @ 200,80]
|                          |
+--------------------------+
   each child positioned manually

Usage ​

typescript
import { Component } from '@jimka/typescript-ui/core';
import { Absolute } from '@jimka/typescript-ui/layout';
import { Button } from '@jimka/typescript-ui/component/button';
const canvas = Component();
canvas.setLayoutManager(Absolute());

const button = Button('Drag me');
button.setPosition(50, 30);
button.setPreferredSize(120, 32);
canvas.addComponent(button);

Per-child constraints ​

None. The layout doesn't read any constraint object; addComponent's second argument is ignored.

When to use it ​

  • You're building a draggable canvas where the user controls each item's position.
  • You have an overlay layer (markers, annotations) where coordinates are computed externally.
  • You're prototyping and don't want a layout manager dictating positions.

For everything else, prefer one of the structural managers (Border, HBox, Grid, etc.).

See also ​