So I've noticed when using padding() it creates an outside space/edge outside a view frame. Is there a way to eliminate that outside edge?
Here is .padding(.top, 0)
Here is .padding(.top, 1) the extra outside edge has appeared
Here is .padding(.top, 10) the outside edge remains on any padding above 1px from what I see.
import SwiftUI
struct TestView: View {
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("")
.frame(width: 300, height: 20)
.background(Color(.black))
.cornerRadius(10)
Text("")
.frame(width: 300, height: 20)
.background(Color(.black))
.cornerRadius(10)
.padding(.top, 0)//here you can change the 0 to 1
}
}
}
The reason this happens is because the VStack automatically has its own spacing. Replace:
VStack {
/* ... */
}
with:
VStack(spacing: 0) {
/* ... */
}
This removes padding between each view within the VStack. I am assuming SwiftUI makes an assumption that if you want 0 padding, you want them touching, otherwise you likely want padding from within its own space within the VStack.
Related
I am trying to fit a long piece of text inside the screen but it keeps overflowing. Is there a way to wrap the text?
I tried using alignment to make it center but it still goes off the screen.
import SwiftUI
struct OnboardingPage3: View {
var body: some View {
ZStack {
Color("Onboarding")
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
VStack {
Color("Onboarding")
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
Image("HomeScreen")
.resizable()
.frame(width: 300, height: 600)
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 0, bottom: 200, trailing: 0))
Text("This is your home screen where you can see how much progress you have made throughout the day as well as a streaks bar to keep track of how many days straight you have been exercising.")
.frame(alignment: .center)
}
}
}
}
struct OnboardingPage3_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
OnboardingPage3()
}
}
Your text isn't actually overflowing — it's just being truncated.
To prevent this you can use the fixedSize(horizontal:vertical:) modifier. I also made some other edits to your code — there's no need to use so many .edgesIgnoringSafeAreas, and ZStacks can have some unexpected side effects with positioning.
struct OnboardingPage3: View {
var body: some View {
VStack {
Image("HomeScreen")
.resizable()
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit) /// use this to maintain the aspect ratio
.frame(width: 200) /// now you only need to supply 1 dimension
Text("This is your home screen where you can see how much progress you have made throughout the day as well as a streaks bar to keep track of how many days straight you have been exercising.")
.fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
}
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
.padding(20)
.background(
Color.gray
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
)
}
}
Result:
I'm trying to build a layout inside a VStack that contains two children. The first child should take up all available space unused by the second child. The second child has a preferred size based on its own contents. I'd like to limit the height of the second child to a maximum height, but it should be able to take less than the maximum (when its own contents cannot make use of all the height). This should all be responsive to the root view size, which is the parent of the VStack (because the device can rotate).
My attempt uses the .frame(maxHeight: n) modifier, which seems to unconditionally takes up the entire n points of height, even when the view being modified doesn't use it. This results in whitespace rendered above and below the VStack's second child. This problem is shown in the Portrait preview below - the hasIdealSizeView only has a height of 57.6pts, but the frame that wraps that view has a height of 75pts.
import SwiftUI
struct StackWithOneLimitedHeightChild: View {
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
VStack(spacing: 0) {
fullyExpandingView
hasIdealSizeView
.frame(maxHeight: geometry.size.height / 4)
}
}
}
var fullyExpandingView: some View {
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.blue)
}
var hasIdealSizeView: some View {
HStack {
Rectangle()
.aspectRatio(5/3, contentMode: .fit)
Rectangle()
.aspectRatio(5/3, contentMode: .fit)
}
// the following modifier just prints out the resulting height of this view in the layout
.overlay(alignment: .center) {
GeometryReader { geometry in
Text("Height: \(geometry.size.height)")
.font(.system(size: 12.0))
.foregroundColor(.red)
}
}
}
}
struct StackWithOneLimitedHeightChild_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
Group {
StackWithOneLimitedHeightChild()
.previewDisplayName("Portrait")
.previewLayout(PreviewLayout.fixed(width: 200, height: 300))
StackWithOneLimitedHeightChild()
.previewDisplayName("Landscape")
.previewLayout(PreviewLayout.fixed(width: 300, height: 180))
}
}
}
This observed result is consistent with how the .frame(maxHeight: n) modifier is described in the docs and online blog posts (the flow chart here is extremely helpful). Nonetheless, I can't seem to find another way to build this type of layout.
Related question: what are the expected use cases for .frame(maxHeight: n)? It seems to do the opposite of what I'd expect by unconditionally wrapping the view in a frame that is at least n points in height. It seems no different than .frame(height: n), using an explicit value for the offered height.
The behavior of .minHeight in this example is strange and far from intuitive. But I found a solution using a slightly different route:
This defines the minHeight for the expanding view (to get the desired layout in portrait mode), but adds a .layoutPriority to the second, making it define itself first and then give the remaining space to the upper view.
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
VStack(spacing: 0) {
fullyExpandingView
.frame(minHeight: geometry.size.height / 4 * 3)
hasIdealSizeView
.layoutPriority(1)
}
}
}
There's probably a really short way to go about this but in the meantime here is what I did.
Firstly I created a struct for your hasIdealSizeView and I made it return a GeometryProxy, and with that i could return the height of the HStack, in this case, the same height you were printing on to the Text View. then with that I used the return proxy to check if the height is greater than the maximum, and if it is, i set it to the maximum, otherwise, set the height to nil, which basically allows the native SwiftUI flexible height:
//
// ContentView.swift
// Test
//
// Created by Denzel Anderson on 3/16/22.
//
import SwiftUI
struct StackWithOneLimitedHeightChild: View {
#State var viewHeight: CGFloat = 0
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
VStack(spacing: 0) {
fullyExpandingView
.overlay(Text("\(viewHeight)"))
// GeometryReader { geo in
hasIdealSizeView { proxy in
viewHeight = proxy.size.height
}
.frame(height: viewHeight > geometry.size.height / 4 ? geometry.size.height / 4:nil)
}
.background(Color.green)
}
}
var fullyExpandingView: some View {
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.blue)
}
}
struct hasIdealSizeView: View {
var height: (GeometryProxy)->()
var body: some View {
HStack {
Rectangle()
.fill(.white)
.aspectRatio(5/3, contentMode: .fit)
Rectangle()
.fill(.white)
.aspectRatio(5/3, contentMode: .fit)
}
// the following modifier just prints out the resulting height of this view in the layout
.overlay(alignment: .center) {
GeometryReader { geometry in
Text("Height: \(geometry.size.height)")
.font(.system(size: 12.0))
.foregroundColor(.red)
.onAppear {
height(geometry)
}
}
}
}
}
I'm having trouble trying to center a single element to emulate the navigation modal with a close button.
I would like to center content without using a supporting Rectangle on the sides or spacers.
What i'm trying to achieve is whenever the text grow, if it reaches the left sides where there is the close xmark button it should try to push itself on the right where there is available space until it reaches the right border and after wrap itself if there are no available space on the both sides.
here are some pictures:
expected result 1
expected result 2
current solution short text
current solution long text
i tried using long and short text to test the content behaviour
Currently this is the start of the code and basically i would like to avoid to add the blue rectangle (that would be usually clear)
struct TestAlignmentSwiftUIView: View {
var body: some View {
HStack(spacing: 0) {
Rectangle().fill(Color.blue).frame(width: 44, height: 44)
Text("aaa eee aaa")
.background(Color.red)
.padding(5)
Button(action: {}, label: {
Image(systemName: "xmark")
.padding(15)
.frame(width: 44, height: 44)
.background(Color.yellow)
})
}
.background(Color.green)
}
}
What i've tried so far but doesn't resolve the issue if the code inside the text component grow:
Using a zstack where i place the text and the close button one on
top of each other but the button is pushed to the side using a spacer. It will work for small text or content but is not scalable if the text grows
var body: some View {
ZStack {
HStack {
Spacer()
Button(action: {}, label: {
Image(systemName: "xmark")
.padding(15)
.frame(width: 44, height: 44)
.background(Color.yellow)
})
}
Text("aaa eee aaa random long very long text that should wrap without overlapping. long text")
.background(Color.red)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .center)
.padding(5)
.opacity(0.7)
}
.background(Color.green)
}
Using alignment guides :
i would create my own center alignment guide, then use this custom alignment on a vstack where i place my content plus a fake filler rectangle that should center the elements on the content side.
the problem is that with swiftui , as far i know, you can only align one descendant element, and doesn't support multiple custom alignments on the stack of elements. so i would have only the text centered or the side button aligned not both aligned one to the center and the other to the trailing edge. and if i put a spacer between them it will just mess the alignment created. If I try with small text they will be both attached.
Heres the code. try to comment the button and you will see that it will center itself or add spacer between them.
extension HorizontalAlignment {
private enum MyAlignment: AlignmentID {
static func defaultValue(in d: ViewDimensions) -> CGFloat {
d[HorizontalAlignment.center]
}
}
static let myAlignment = HorizontalAlignment(MyAlignment.self)
}
var body: some View {
VStack(alignment: .myAlignment, spacing: 0) {
HStack {
Text("aaa eee aaa random ")
.background(Color.red)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .center)
.padding(5)
.alignmentGuide(.myhAlignment, computeValue: { dimension in
dimension[HorizontalAlignment.center]
})
Button(action: {}, label: {
Image(systemName: "xmark")
.padding(15)
.frame(width: 44, height: 44)
.background(Color.yellow)
})
}
.background(Color.green)
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.purple)
.frame(width: 10, height: 10, alignment: .center)
.alignmentGuide(.myhAlignment, computeValue: { dimension in
dimension[HorizontalAlignment.center]
})
}
}
Tried with a combination of geometry reader and/or anchor preferences to read with sizes of the text content and side button width and apply the appropriate center offset manually, but it seems too hacky and it never worked as expected without good results
If you're familiar with uikit this problem would be resolved using a
centerX on the container with a minor layout priority and a right constraint from the center to the
close button, and call it a day. But on swiftui it seems soo hard to
handle this simple cases.
So far i haven't found a solution without using a supporting fixed frame on the side that would work with both long and short text. that space is clearly visibile if you try to use long text. and it will leave the user to wonder why is not used.
¯\ (ツ)/¯
EDIT: added possible solution in the answers
From the #Yrb suggestion in the comments, here's what i came up that shrink the blue size so it will center on the available space.
I added a fake text underneath and tracked the size. and if it's over the available space i will take the difference and shrink the blu rectangle.
One thing to keep in mind is that the hidden content if contains some text should have linelimit 1, otherwise it will get a smaller size from wrapping itself.
And i just assume that i know the size of the close button (or at least one side) for center alignment, and even if i don't know it at compile time, i could probably use a preference key to get the size at run time, and have it dynamic.
But for the moment i think it's fine the result that i got.
but honestly i hope to find something more easier in the future.
#State var text: String = "aaa eee aaa"
#State private var fillerWidth: CGFloat = 44
// i assume i know the max size of the close button or at least one side
private let kCloseButtonWidth: CGFloat = 44
private struct FakeSizeTitlteContentKey: PreferenceKey {
static var defaultValue: CGFloat { .zero }
static func reduce(value: inout CGFloat, nextValue: () -> CGFloat) {
value = nextValue()
}
}
var body: some View {
ZStack(alignment: Alignment(horizontal: .center, vertical: .top)) {
GeometryReader { parentGeometry in
titleContent
.lineLimit(1) // hidden text must not wrap
.overlay(GeometryReader { proxyFake in
Color.clear.border(Color.black, width: 0.3)
.preference(key: FakeSizeTitlteContentKey.self, value: proxyFake.frame(in: .local).width
.onPreferenceChange(FakeSizeTitlteContentKey.self) { value in
let availableW = parentGeometry.frame(in: .local).width
let fillSpace = availableW - value - kCloseButtonWidth * 2
fillerWidth = min(kCloseButtonWidth, max(0, fillSpace))
}
})
}
.hidden()
VStack {
HStack(spacing: 0) {
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.blue)
.frame(width: fillerWidth, height: 44)
titleContent
.background(Color.green)
.multilineTextAlignment(.center)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .center)
Button(action: {}, label: {
Image(systemName: "xmark")
.padding(15)
.frame(width: kCloseButtonWidth, height: kCloseButtonWidth)
.background(Color.yellow)
})
}
.coordinateSpace(name: "fullCont")
.background(Color.green)
TextEditor(text: $text)
.frame(maxHeight: 150, alignment: .center)
.border(Color.black, width: 1)
.padding(15)
Spacer()
}
}
}
#ViewBuilder var titleContent: some View {
HStack(spacing: 0) {
Text(text)
.background(Color.red)
.padding(.horizontal, 5)
}
}
I'm trying to build a user-expandable view that will show more of its content by increasing its height. To accomplish this I will add .clipped() so that the content shown out of its bounds will be hidden, just like you would add overflow: hidden; in CSS.
However, it seems like by default VStack is centering its children, so when the height is smaller than the sum of the children's height, they overflow in both the top and the bottom.
Here is an example of what I'm talking about:
struct ExandableView: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 0) {
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.red)
.frame(height: 50)
.padding(.horizontal)
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.green)
.frame(height: 50)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.frame(height: 90)
.background(Color.blue)
}
}
Is there any way to make it behave so that the red item (the first) is always inside the blue container and the children can only overflow from the bottom?
Change frame alignment according to ExandableView. like this
struct ExandableView: View {
var body: some View {
// Other VStack code
}
.frame(height: 90, alignment: isExpand ? .top : .center) //<--Here
.background(Color.blue)
}
}
I'm sure this is something super-simple, but I cannot seem to figure it out. I am trying to create a "widget" that consists of three lines of text, stacked vertically. This information should be placed inside a "frame" or "border" so it resembles a card. There will be a row of these cards that will scroll horizontally.
Believe it or not, the only part of this I cannot figure out is how to draw the border around the widget. I've tried .border, but that snugs the border right up against the text. I know I can add padding, but what I really need is a fixed-size card so each element in the scrolling list is identical.
I've come closest using this:
.frame(width: geometry.size.width/1.3, height: 200)
.background(Color.white)
.border(Color.blue)
.cornerRadius(20)
...but the corners are all clipped. For reference, here's the complete code listing:
struct AccountTile: View {
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
Text("Account Balance").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Account Name").font(.headline)
HStack(spacing: 0) {
Text("There are ").font(.caption).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("6 ").font(.caption).fontWeight(.bold).foregroundColor(.blue)
Text("unreconciled transactions.").font(.caption).foregroundColor(.gray)
}
}
.frame(width: geometry.size.width/1.3, height: 200)
.background(Color.white)
.border(Color.blue)
.cornerRadius(20)
}
}
}
...and here's what that code is producing:
This is almost what I'm looking for - I just need the border to be complete.
Use some padding and overlay to create your border. Here is the code (:
struct AccountTile: View {
var body: some View {
GeometryReader { geometry in
VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
Text("Account Balance").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Account Name").font(.headline)
HStack(spacing: 0) {
Text("There are ").font(.caption).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("6 ").font(.caption).fontWeight(.bold).foregroundColor(.blue)
Text("unreconciled transactions.").font(.caption).foregroundColor(.gray)
}
}.frame(width: geometry.size.width/1.3, height: 200)
.background(Color.white)
.overlay(
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 20)
.stroke(Color.blue, lineWidth: 2))
}
}
}