Hey all, I am trying to provide a local padding vi...

# compose

[Alex]

Hey all, I am trying to provide a local padding via ModifierLocal but the padding does not seem to apply. I could not find much documentation on ModifierLocal or any tutorials, hope you can point me in the right direction, code in 🧵

[Alex]

public data class SafeAreaInsets(
    val top: Dp = 80.dp,
)

public val ModifierLocalSafeArea: ProvidableModifierLocal<SafeAreaInsets> = modifierLocalOf { SafeAreaInsets() }

public fun Modifier.safeAreaPadding(): Modifier = modifierLocalConsumer {
    val safeArea = ModifierLocalSafeArea.current
    padding(
        top = <http://safeArea.top|safeArea.top>,
    )
}

[Alex]

I am trying to pass a safe-area and set the current value as top-padding but it doesn’t render the padding when I use the code above.
When I set the padding manually it works though, so something must be wrong with my ModifierLocal code.