# haxe-ui
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early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 4:59 PMOh, yeah, it could work with padding. I thought of top/left because it's what absolute uses but anything would be nice :P - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 4:59 PM% padding is also not supported (yet) 😄 - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:00 PMUp to now, I managed to use boxes inside boxes inside boxes with different % width/height and alignment but it's a bit of a pain :D - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:00 PMi feel like the best way here to cover all based would be: %left / %top, %padding, and also new props: right / bottom (with % versions) - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:01 PMso you've opted to go for absolute layouts? 👀 - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:01 PMWell, I hoped something already existed, hence my question :D - f
full-journalist-82607
04/25/2023, 5:01 PMSimple Boxes are better than absolute layouts. You can easily emulate bottom/right in boxes - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:02 PMPlease, elaborate <3 - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:02 PMi think the main issue (if im following Connard) is not really size / alignment, its left / top positions - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:03 PMlike if you had a component at 10x10... then you increase the resolution by 2x, you would expect it to be at 20x20 - f
full-journalist-82607
04/25/2023, 5:04 PMI was thinking of this http://haxeui.org/builder/?bcc76d90 using margins - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:05 PMFor a concrete example, I have a box in which I want to have an image centered at (66% left, 50% top), being (25% width, 75% height) of my parent box. If I change my box size (because of resolution change or design incremental testing), I want the image to still be there with the right size ^^ - f
full-journalist-82607
04/25/2023, 5:05 PMah ok ... - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:09 PMYeah, I used smth like that to place stuff on my HUD but it was much easier then. For more complex layouts, I hoped I could use smth else ^^ - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:10 PMis there any chance you could knock up a simple "fake" version of this? As i dont get how the height can be 75% and top 50% (isnt that offscreen?) - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:10 PMLet me open Paint :D - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:21 PMThe scale is off but anyway, if I were to change the black box, the blue box would change accordinglyhttps://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/565569107701923852/1100471689718009967/image.pngâ–¾
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early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:22 PMI mean, it's really just an absolute layout with % instead of PX - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:22 PMSo... relative layout ? :D - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:24 PMOK, i think i see... i could be totally off, but i would have thought this is possible without absolute... ... no? (i might be way off) - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:25 PMYeah, by playing with boxes width and alignment - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:26 PMI guess I could have a box 33%w 50%h aligned right/bottom, then set my image inside it (aligned left/top) - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:26 PMI mean, I can clearly find ways to do it, I just wanted to be sure I wasn't doing overly complicated stuff while missing an easier solution :D - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:28 PMAnd since there's no layout allowing it, I'll go the boxes alignments way ! - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:28 PMThank you ! <3 - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:28 PMWait no, I have an issue. If I use an intermediary box to position, I lose the size of the parent (the 75%/25%) - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:29 PMill have a play, but my first instinct is this should be totally possible without absolute (or even a complex layout), but i might be totally missing the point - b
bright-gpu-74537
04/25/2023, 5:30 PMis this totally wrong: http://haxeui.org/builder/?5eca89c9 ? - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:30 PMWell, I guess I can find the 75 back while using the parent 50, so I would be... 227%w and 150%h - e
early-butcher-76809
04/25/2023, 5:31 PMOh wow, spacer