Is there any guidance for settings insets based on...

# compose

[Chris Johnson]

Is there any guidance for settings insets based on the keyboard ime for an item in a vertically scrolling column? I'd like the item to appear right above the keyboard when the keyboard surfaces. I've already set my activity to WindowCompat.setDecorFitsSystemWindows(window, false) and have tried adding the Modifier.imePadding to the TextField I'd like to consume the insets. Unfortunately the way it is consuming them is it is applying the padding to the TextField but not scrolling my Column. Is there a way to have that ime padding associate with my scroll position?

[Alex Vanyo]

Compose 1.4.0-alpha04 just landed with some exciting changes in this area!

With the new changes, if the scrolling Column or LazyColumn itself resizes, it should keep the TextField in view as you’d want it to, so that would be my recommendation with those new changes.

If you handle the insets internally, either via contentPadding, or by setting the IME padding on an element inside the scrolling container, the scrolling container doesn’t know that anything changed, to try to adjust accordingly.

[Chris Johnson]

That is exciting! I figured there wasn't a magic method you guys made that would propagate/reduce the padding to scroll yet but felt it was worth asking 🙂 .

With the new changes, you mention if the Column or LazyColumn itself changes it will keep the composable on screen. I assume for things like insets this must be accompanied by an inset modifier so that the size of those actually changes.
For example if I use Modifier.imePadding() now on the TextField it applies bottom padding, which would resize the column. But if I don't add that nothing would happen in 1.4.0-alpha04 correct?

[Alex Vanyo]

It depends on the matrix of WindowCompat.setDecorFitsSystemWindows(window, false) and adjustPan vs adjustResize

If you are using WindowCompat.setDecorFitsSystemWindows(window, false) and adjustResize (which leads to the best compatibility across API levels), then yes, you’ll need to apply the imePadding() modifier on the scrolling container (or a parent) so that the size of the container changes

[Chris Johnson]

Gotcha. That makes sense. Looking forward to being able to pull that version in now! Thanks for the quick reply fist bump

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

One thing that is not yet supported is consuming the ime padding by setting contentPadding on a lazy column.

[Colton Idle]

Chris, let me know how that works out for you. Curious what the right combination is to get that working.

[Chris Johnson]

It just works now after upgrading to compose 1.4.0-alpha02. I don't do anything special and it automatically adds padding to my scrolling composable when the keyboard is open