Padding with negative values used to work before, ...

# compose

[Zsolt]

Padding with negative values used to work before, now it crashes runtime (no compilation warnings given):

LayoutPadding(bottom = (-10).dp, end = (-5).dp)

Beyond the crash, what's the suggested way to achieve the same positioning?

[Zsolt]

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Padding must be non-negative

[Leland Richardson [G]]

@Mihai Popa what’s our recommendation here? depends on the use case???

@Zsolt what is it you’re trying to do? Are you trying to “undo” another padding, or are you trying to actually do like a negative offset? I think we have an Offset modifier now which will allow negative values

[Zsolt]

No undoing, just positioning background decorations so that they're slightly off the screen. LayoutOffset works fine, thanks!

[Zsolt]

Minor ux complaint: it doesn't have default values of 0.dp, so you always need to specify both x and y values.

[Leland Richardson [G]]

yeah, good point

[Mihai Popa]

Yes, LayoutOffset is the correct replacement for any padding that is only intended to offset the position

[Mihai Popa]

Thanks for the feedback regarding the API, we had deliberately decided to not put defaults, but your input is useful as we might decide to change it in the future 🙂