I'm using ```Modifier .onGloballyPositioned { position.value = it.positionInParent() ...

# compose

[Nat Strangerweather]

I'm using

Modifier
    .onGloballyPositioned {
        position.value = it.positionInParent()
    }

which is incredibly useful but I would need the value as DpOffset rather than Offset. Is that conversion at all possible?

[Adam Powell]

it is, but reaching for it is generally a sign that there's a better way to do something

[Adam Powell]

and the question involving onGloballyPositioned suggests that this code might be trying to do something across multiple frames that might be better expressed using Layout

[Nat Strangerweather]

ah ok lol, well I have the width of my parent Box in dp and my offset in Floats, so I was trying to find a solution.

[Nat Strangerweather]

to be clear, I am moving a tile (Box) from one end of a board (parent Box) to the other, and I need to know when I reach that other end.

[Nat Strangerweather]

So I should look at Layout rather than onGloballyPositioned?

[Adam Powell]

Probably; Layout can measure and position multiple sibling elements together with full knowledge of the connection between them. Adjusting child positioning with a combo of offsets/onGloballyPositioned means the code is iterating positions and trying to converge on a layout solution

[Nat Strangerweather]

Thanks! I'll dive into it!