How to give views an absolute position (want to plot dots on a small graph, for which I'm using `Box...

# compose

[iex]

How to give views an absolute position (want to plot dots on a small graph, for which I'm using Box / shapes)?

[iex]

ah Modifier.offset apparently

[Adam Powell]

If you're just plotting a graph you'll have a far easier time using Canvas {}

[iex]

I considered it, but is it good for animations (e.g. interpolate between the old and new positions)?

[iex]

(with small graph I mean max ~100 points, btw)

[Adam Powell]

yes, state reads in a canvas block are observed just like composition and layout, and if that state changes it will be redrawn without needing to recompose to do it.

[Adam Powell]

so animating state values or transition values in a canvas composable are just as effective as they are anywhere else

[Adam Powell]

did something about the shape of the API or docs imply otherwise?

[iex]

ah, no, just assumptions based on unrelated frameworks 😛

[iex]

I'll give canvas a look then, thanks!

[Adam Powell]

If there's some other documentation or emphasis we could add that would have changed those assumptions, please let us know 🙂