Is it somehow possible to change alpha of measurab...

# compose

[Zan Skamljic]

Is it somehow possible to change alpha of measurables/placeables when using Layout?

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

This shouldn't be part of measure or layout

[Zan Skamljic]

how would I achieve that then?

[Zan Skamljic]

I have also tried wrapping the content elements in a box, setting the alpha to a remember{ Array(...) }, but the alpha is not updated

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

Whatever indicator you have that determines the size or position of a child element, should be used to determine the alpha of that element. Without knowing the specific scenario, it's a bit difficult to give a specific answer.

[Zan Skamljic]

say I want to make something like a word cloud, where the elements alpha should be reduced the further they are from a certain word

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

How do you determine the location of a word during the layout pass? Whatever is the core factor in that decision would also be used to compute your alpha

[Kirill Grouchnikov]

Another option of course is to implement the whole thing as one canvas that draws elements without having them as child composables

[Zan Skamljic]

I put the word in the center, but really it's supposed to be more interactive, like tapping on a word highlights it and makes the others lose alpha

[Zan Skamljic]

I'd prefer not to go the canvas way, as this is the only thing that's missing in my current implementation

[Zan Skamljic]

I even have the calculation of alpha ready, I'd just need to set it

[Zan Skamljic]

also, currently the elements are Texts, but may also be images and whatnot in the future

[Louis Pullen-Freilich [G]]

You can use Placeable.placeWithLayer, and set alpha on the layer

[Zan Skamljic]

thank you!

[Zan Skamljic]

that does exactly what I want it to! this works perfectly!