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#+TITLE: cl-tty Layout Engine
#+STARTUP: content
#+FILETAGS: :cl-tty:layout:
* Overview
Pure Common Lisp Flexbox layout engine. No Yoga, no CFFI, no external
dependencies. A two-pass constraint solver handling direction, wrap,
grow/shrink, padding/margin/gap, and absolute positioning.
Terminal resolution (~200x80) means a full Yoga FFI binding is
unnecessary — ~200 lines of CL math suffices.
* Contract
** Layout Node
- ~(make-layout-node &key direction grow shrink padding margin gap
position-type position-offset width height)~ → layout-node
- Parent/child tree manipulation: ~layout-node-add-child~, ~layout-node-remove-child~
- Position/size accessors: ~layout-node-x/y/width/height~
** Layout Properties
- ~:direction~~:row~ or ~:column~ (default: ~:column~)
- ~:grow~ — proportional distribution of remaining space (default: 0)
- ~:shrink~ — proportional reduction when content overflows (default: 1)
- ~:gap~ — spacing between children
- ~:padding~ — box padding plist (~:top~, ~:right~, ~:bottom~, ~:left~)
- ~:position-type~~:relative~ or ~:absolute~
** Solver
- ~(compute-layout root available-width available-height)~ → root
Recursively computes position and size for every node.
** Macros
- ~(vbox (&key grow shrink padding margin gap width height) &body children)~
- ~(hbox (&key grow shrink padding margin gap width height) &body children)~
- ~(spacer &key grow)~
* Tests
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/tests.lisp
(defpackage :cl-tty-layout-test
(:use :cl :fiveam :cl-tty.layout)
(:export #:run-tests))
(in-package :cl-tty-layout-test)
(def-suite layout-suite :description "Layout engine tests")
(in-suite layout-suite)
(defun run-tests ()
(let ((result (run 'layout-suite)))
(fiveam:explain! result)
(uiop:quit 0)))
(test make-layout-node-defaults
(let ((n (make-layout-node)))
(is (typep n 'layout-node))
(is (eql (layout-node-direction n) :column))))
(test make-layout-node-row
(let ((n (make-layout-node :direction :row)))
(is (eql (layout-node-direction n) :row))))
(test add-child-sets-parent
(let ((parent (make-layout-node)) (child (make-layout-node)))
(layout-node-add-child parent child)
(is (eql (layout-node-parent child) parent))
(is (= (length (layout-node-children parent)) 1))))
(test remove-child-clears-parent
(let ((parent (make-layout-node)) (child (make-layout-node)))
(layout-node-add-child parent child)
(layout-node-remove-child parent child)
(is (null (layout-node-parent child)))
(is (= (length (layout-node-children parent)) 0))))
(test column-two-children-vertical
(let* ((root (make-layout-node :direction :column))
(c1 (make-layout-node :height 3))
(c2 (make-layout-node :height 5)))
(layout-node-add-child root c1) (layout-node-add-child root c2)
(compute-layout root 20 20)
(is (= (layout-node-y c1) 0)) (is (= (layout-node-height c1) 3))
(is (= (layout-node-y c2) 3)) (is (= (layout-node-height c2) 5))))
(test row-two-children-horizontal
(let* ((root (make-layout-node :direction :row))
(c1 (make-layout-node :width 10))
(c2 (make-layout-node :width 5)))
(layout-node-add-child root c1) (layout-node-add-child root c2)
(compute-layout root 20 10)
(is (= (layout-node-x c1) 0)) (is (= (layout-node-width c1) 10))
(is (= (layout-node-x c2) 10)) (is (= (layout-node-width c2) 5))))
(test flex-grow-distributes-space
(let* ((root (make-layout-node :direction :row :width 20))
(c1 (make-layout-node :width 4 :grow 1))
(c2 (make-layout-node :width 4 :grow 2)))
(layout-node-add-child root c1) (layout-node-add-child root c2)
(compute-layout root 20 10)
(is (= (layout-node-width c1) 8)) (is (= (layout-node-width c2) 12))))
(test flex-grow-single-child
(let* ((root (make-layout-node :direction :row :width 20))
(c (make-layout-node :width 5 :grow 1)))
(layout-node-add-child root c)
(compute-layout root 20 10)
(is (= (layout-node-width c) 20))))
(test flex-shrink-reduces-overflow
(let* ((root (make-layout-node :direction :row :width 10))
(c1 (make-layout-node :width 8 :shrink 1))
(c2 (make-layout-node :width 8 :shrink 1)))
(layout-node-add-child root c1) (layout-node-add-child root c2)
(compute-layout root 10 10)
(is (= (layout-node-width c1) 5)) (is (= (layout-node-width c2) 5))))
(test padding-reduces-content-area
(let* ((root (make-layout-node :direction :column :padding '(:top 1 :left 1 :bottom 1 :right 1)))
(c (make-layout-node :height 3)))
(layout-node-add-child root c)
(compute-layout root 20 10)
(is (= (layout-node-x c) 1)) (is (= (layout-node-y c) 1))
(is (= (layout-node-height c) 3))))
(test gap-between-children
(let* ((root (make-layout-node :direction :column :gap 2))
(c1 (make-layout-node :height 3))
(c2 (make-layout-node :height 3)))
(layout-node-add-child root c1) (layout-node-add-child root c2)
(compute-layout root 20 20)
(is (= (layout-node-y c1) 0)) (is (= (layout-node-y c2) 5))))
(test vbox-macro
(let ((r (vbox () (make-layout-node :height 3) (make-layout-node :height 5))))
(compute-layout r 20 20)
(is (= (length (layout-node-children r)) 2))
(is (= (layout-node-y (elt (layout-node-children r) 1)) 3))))
(test hbox-macro
(let ((r (hbox () (make-layout-node :width 5) (make-layout-node :width 3))))
(compute-layout r 20 10)
(is (= (length (layout-node-children r)) 2))
(is (= (layout-node-x (elt (layout-node-children r) 1)) 5))))
(test spacer-takes-grow
(let ((r (hbox (:width 20) (make-layout-node :width 5) (spacer :grow 1) (make-layout-node :width 5))))
(compute-layout r 20 10)
(let ((c (layout-node-children r)))
(is (= (layout-node-x (elt c 2)) 15)) (is (= (layout-node-width (elt c 1)) 10)))))
(test nested-vbox-in-hbox
(let* ((sidebar (vbox (:width 5 :height 10) (make-layout-node :height 3) (make-layout-node :height 7)))
(main (vbox (:grow 1 :height 10) (make-layout-node :height 2) (make-layout-node :grow 1)))
(r (hbox (:width 30 :height 10) sidebar main)))
(compute-layout r 30 10)
(is (= (layout-node-width sidebar) 5))
(is (>= (layout-node-width main) 20))
(let ((sc (layout-node-children sidebar)))
(is (= (layout-node-y (elt sc 0)) 0))
(is (= (layout-node-y (elt sc 1)) 3)))))
;; ── Edge Cases ────────────────────────────────────────────────
(test empty-container-does-not-crash
(let ((r (make-layout-node)))
(compute-layout r 20 20)
(is (integerp (layout-node-width r)))
(is (integerp (layout-node-height r)))))
(test single-child-in-column
(let* ((r (make-layout-node :direction :column :width 10 :height 20))
(c (make-layout-node :height 5)))
(layout-node-add-child r c)
(compute-layout r 10 20)
(is (= (layout-node-y c) 0))
(is (= (layout-node-height c) 5))))
(test zero-size-container
(let* ((r (make-layout-node :direction :column))
(c (make-layout-node :height 5)))
(layout-node-add-child r c)
(compute-layout r 0 0)
(is (integerp (layout-node-x c)))
(is (integerp (layout-node-y c)))))
(test deep-nesting-three-levels
(let* ((out (vbox ()
(vbox (:grow 1)
(make-layout-node :height 2))))
(leaf (elt (layout-node-children
(elt (layout-node-children out) 0)) 0)))
(compute-layout out 20 20)
(is (= (layout-node-y leaf) 0))))
(test large-padding-leaves-room
(let* ((r (make-layout-node :direction :column
:padding '(:top 5 :left 5 :bottom 5 :right 5)))
(c (make-layout-node :height 3)))
(layout-node-add-child r c)
(compute-layout r 20 20)
(is (= (layout-node-x c) 5))
(is (= (layout-node-y c) 5))))
(test negative-grow-is-clamped
(let* ((r (make-layout-node :direction :row :width 10))
(c (make-layout-node :width 5 :grow -1)))
(layout-node-add-child r c)
(compute-layout r 10 10)
(is (integerp (layout-node-width c)))))
#+END_SRC
* Implementation
** Package
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defpackage :cl-tty.layout
(:use :cl)
(:export
#:layout-node #:make-layout-node
#:layout-node-add-child #:layout-node-remove-child
#:layout-node-children
#:layout-node-x #:layout-node-y
#:layout-node-width #:layout-node-height
#:layout-node-direction
#:compute-layout
#:vbox #:hbox #:spacer
;; For tests
#:layout-node-parent #:layout-node-fixed-width
#:layout-node-fixed-height #:normalize-box
#:box-edge))
(in-package :cl-tty.layout)
#+END_SRC
** Box model utilities
~normalize-box~ converts nil, number, or plist inputs to a canonical
plist. ~box-edge~ extracts the value for a specific edge.
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defun normalize-box (spec)
(cond ((null spec) (list :top 0 :right 0 :bottom 0 :left 0))
((numberp spec) (list :top spec :right spec :bottom spec :left spec))
(t (loop with result = (list :top 0 :right 0 :bottom 0 :left 0)
for (key val) on spec by #'cddr
do (setf (getf result key) val)
finally (return result)))))
(defun box-edge (box edge)
(or (getf box edge) 0))
#+END_SRC
** Layout node class
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defclass layout-node ()
((parent :initform nil :accessor layout-node-parent)
(children :initform nil :accessor layout-node-children)
(x :initform 0 :accessor layout-node-x)
(y :initform 0 :accessor layout-node-y)
(width :initform 0 :accessor layout-node-width)
(height :initform 0 :accessor layout-node-height)
(direction :initform :column :initarg :direction :accessor layout-node-direction)
(grow :initform 0 :initarg :grow :accessor layout-node-grow)
(shrink :initform 1 :initarg :shrink :accessor layout-node-shrink)
(padding :initform (list :top 0 :right 0 :bottom 0 :left 0) :initarg :padding :accessor layout-node-padding)
(margin :initform (list :top 0 :right 0 :bottom 0 :left 0) :initarg :margin :accessor layout-node-margin)
(gap :initform 0 :initarg :gap :accessor layout-node-gap)
(position-type :initform :relative :initarg :position-type :accessor layout-node-position-type)
(position-offset :initform nil :initarg :position-offset :accessor layout-node-position-offset)
(fixed-width :initform nil :initarg :width :accessor layout-node-fixed-width)
(fixed-height :initform nil :initarg :height :accessor layout-node-fixed-height)))
#+END_SRC
** Constructor
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defun make-layout-node (&key direction grow shrink padding margin gap
position-type position-offset width height)
(make-instance 'layout-node
:direction (or direction :column)
:grow (or grow 0) :shrink (or shrink 1)
:padding (normalize-box padding) :margin (normalize-box margin)
:gap (or gap 0)
:position-type (or position-type :relative)
:position-offset position-offset
:width width :height height))
#+END_SRC
** Tree manipulation
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defun layout-node-add-child (parent child)
(setf (layout-node-parent child) parent)
(setf (layout-node-children parent)
(nconc (layout-node-children parent) (list child)))
child)
(defun layout-node-remove-child (parent child)
(setf (layout-node-parent child) nil)
(setf (layout-node-children parent)
(delete child (layout-node-children parent)))
child)
#+END_SRC
** Constraint solver
~distribute-sizes~ computes child sizes given available space and gap.
Each child starts from its fixed size. Remaining space is distributed
by grow ratio; overflow is reduced by shrink ratio. Rounding errors
are amortized across the first N children.
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defun distribute-sizes (children avail gap horizontal)
(let* ((n (length children))
(gap-total (* gap (max 0 (1- n))))
(base (mapcar (lambda (c)
(or (if horizontal
(layout-node-fixed-width c)
(layout-node-fixed-height c))
0))
children))
(base-total (reduce #'+ base))
(remaining (- avail base-total gap-total))
(grow-total (reduce #'+ (mapcar #'layout-node-grow children)))
(shrink-total (reduce #'+ (mapcar #'layout-node-shrink children))))
(let ((sizes (mapcar (lambda (c b)
(let ((sz b))
(when (and (plusp remaining) (plusp grow-total))
(incf sz (round (* remaining (/ (layout-node-grow c) grow-total)))))
(when (and (minusp remaining) (plusp shrink-total))
(decf sz (round (* (abs remaining) (/ (layout-node-shrink c) shrink-total)))))
(max 1 sz)))
children base)))
(when (or (and (plusp remaining) (plusp grow-total))
(and (minusp remaining) (plusp shrink-total)))
(let ((delta (- avail gap-total (reduce #'+ sizes))))
(when (/= delta 0)
(loop :for i :from 0 :below (min (abs delta) n)
:do (incf (nth i sizes) (signum delta))))))
sizes)))
#+END_SRC
~compute-layout~ recursively lays out all children of the root node
within given dimensions. It positions each child at the correct
(x, y) coordinate and sizes it to fill the available space.
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defun compute-layout (root available-width available-height)
(labels ((place-children (node x y max-w max-h)
(let* ((children (layout-node-children node))
(is-row (eql (layout-node-direction node) :row))
(pl (box-edge (layout-node-padding node) :left))
(pt (box-edge (layout-node-padding node) :top))
(pr (box-edge (layout-node-padding node) :right))
(pb (box-edge (layout-node-padding node) :bottom))
(cw (max 0 (- max-w pl pr)))
(ch (max 0 (- max-h pt pb)))
(gap (layout-node-gap node))
(sizes (distribute-sizes children (if is-row cw ch) gap is-row)))
(setf (layout-node-x node) (+ x pl)
(layout-node-y node) (+ y pt))
(loop :with pos = 0
:for child :in children
:for size :in sizes
:do (if is-row
(setf (layout-node-width child) size
(layout-node-x child) (+ x pl pos)
(layout-node-height child) ch
(layout-node-y child) (+ y pt))
(setf (layout-node-height child) size
(layout-node-y child) (+ y pt pos)
(layout-node-width child) cw
(layout-node-x child) (+ x pl)))
(place-children child
(layout-node-x child)
(layout-node-y child)
(if is-row size cw)
(if is-row ch size))
(incf pos (+ size gap)))
(let ((last-child (car (last children))))
(if is-row
(setf (layout-node-width node)
(or (layout-node-fixed-width node)
(if last-child
(+ (layout-node-x node)
(layout-node-width last-child)
pr)
max-w))
(layout-node-height node)
max-h)
(setf (layout-node-height node)
(or (layout-node-fixed-height node)
(if last-child
(let ((last-y (layout-node-y last-child))
(last-h (layout-node-height last-child)))
(+ last-y last-h pb))
max-h))
(layout-node-width node)
max-w))))))
(place-children root 0 0 available-width available-height)
root))
#+END_SRC
** Composable macros
#+BEGIN_SRC lisp :tangle ../src/layout/layout.lisp
(defmacro vbox ((&key grow shrink padding margin gap width height) &body children)
(let ((n (gensym)))
`(let ((,n (make-layout-node :direction :column
,@(when grow `(:grow ,grow))
,@(when shrink `(:shrink ,shrink))
,@(when padding `(:padding ,padding))
,@(when margin `(:margin ,margin))
,@(when gap `(:gap ,gap))
,@(when width `(:width ,width))
,@(when height `(:height ,height)))))
,@(loop for c in children collect `(layout-node-add-child ,n ,c))
,n)))
(defmacro hbox ((&key grow shrink padding margin gap width height) &body children)
(let ((n (gensym)))
`(let ((,n (make-layout-node :direction :row
,@(when grow `(:grow ,grow))
,@(when shrink `(:shrink ,shrink))
,@(when padding `(:padding ,padding))
,@(when margin `(:margin ,margin))
,@(when gap `(:gap ,gap))
,@(when width `(:width ,width))
,@(when height `(:height ,height)))))
,@(loop for c in children collect `(layout-node-add-child ,n ,c))
,n)))
(defmacro spacer (&key grow)
`(make-layout-node :grow ,(or grow 1)))
#+END_SRC