I feel a little dumb for asking this, but is there a way to allow a child Composable to be larger th...

# compose

[spierce7]

I feel a little dumb for asking this, but is there a way to allow a child Composable to be larger than a parent Composable?

[Tgo1014]

wrapContentSize(unbounded = true) maybe?

[Adam Powell]

Making a child larger than the parent is exactly what scrolling containers and modifiers do, so yes 🙂

[Adam Powell]

A parent (Layout composable or Modifier.layout) can measure children however it likes so long as its own reported size matches its requested constraints

[spierce7]

To be clear, I meant for a child to draw outside the bounds of it’s parents, and actually appear larger

[spierce7]

it’s an odd use-case

[Adam Powell]

The answer is still yes, layouts in compose don't clip by default, though a few material containers do

[spierce7]

So if I have an image thats 500dpX500dp, inside of a Box that’s 100dp X 100dp, it won’t clip, and I could still center it?

[Adam Powell]

Assuming none of the other containers between that and the root clip it, yes