Is it possible to specify the padding amount as a percentage

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Is it possible to specify the padding amount as a percentage of a composable s width height

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

as a percentage of the inner or outer composable

julioromano · Answer

Inner

julioromano · Answer

I mean the same composable I apply the padding modifier to

julioromano · Answer

O gosh I think you got me I don t even know what I m talking about Perhaps it s relative to the outer composable

julioromano · Answer

Only way I could do it was to wrap it into a box ```Box modifier = Modifier aspectRatio 1f fillMaxSize contentAlignment = Alignment Center MyComposable modifier = Modifier fillMaxSize 0 75f ```

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

Hm i don t think you need a box there ```MyComposable Modifier aspectRatio 1f fillMaxSize wrapContentSize align = Alignment Center fillMaxSize 0 75f ```

julioromano · Answer

Thanks a lot this also works but I don t understand why I ve tried to interpret `wrapContentSize` s docstring but couldn t actually relate it to what s happening in this specific case If you could explain it d be greatly appreciated Other question to let me learn more about the correct terminologies would you call this padding as a percentage of the inner or the outer composable Why

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

It might actually work without wrap content size but then the alignment would depend on however the parent layout decides to place children that don t take up the whole space and the simplest thing to do is to just place them start left

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

It might also not need that first fillMaxSize I d have to try it to know

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

This chain does 1 First start with all the available space 2 Then because i m about to put something smaller inside use wrapWithContent to allow the smaller thing to be whatever size it wants and to control its alignment inside the bigger thing 3 Lastly take up 3 4 of the available space

julioromano · Answer

gt It might also not need that first fillMaxSize I d have to try it to know Just tried and indeed it also works without it

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

Yea i think `aspectRatio` already passes tight constraints down

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] · Answer

And even if it didn t it probably doesn t matter since `wrapContentSize` should pass the max constraints down untouched

julioromano · Answer

gt It might actually work without wrap content size but then the alignment would depend on however the parent layout decides to place children that don t take up the whole space and the simplest thing to do is to just place them start left Precisely without `wrapContentSize` the inner composable ended up with a different alignment