Is there a

Modifier.animateItemPlacement

equivalent for a plain

Column

(not lazy?) i.e. to animate item insertion/deletion in the list? (

animateContentSize

won't do)

val players by remember { AppComponent.dao.players() }.collectAsState(emptyList())

Column {
    for (player in players) {
        Text(
            modifier = Modifier
                .fillMaxWidth()
                .wrapContentHeight()
                .padding(16.dp),
            text = "player=$player"
        )
        Divider()
    }
}

I know this could be made a

LazyColumn

but for research purpose let assume not

You can use

AnimatedContent

with an empty transition, and

Modifier.animateEnterExit

to simulate the same animation behavior.

animatedcontent where, on the whole column or each item?

The whole column

but wpuld that animate say deleting from middlr of the list?

You can, with an

animateEnterExit

on the deleted child. The animated state would be a list of children (or IDs) to show in the column.