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Layout and styling in GPUI. Use when styling components, layout systems, or CSS-like properties.
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| name | gpui-layout-and-style |
| description | Layout and styling in GPUI. Use when styling components, layout systems, or CSS-like properties. |
GPUI provides CSS-like styling with Rust type safety.
Key Concepts:
px(), rems(), relative()use gpui::*;
div()
.w(px(200.))
.h(px(100.))
.bg(rgb(0x2196F3))
.text_color(rgb(0xFFFFFF))
.rounded(px(8.))
.p(px(16.))
.child("Styled content")
div()
.flex()
.flex_row() // or flex_col() for column
.gap(px(8.))
.items_center()
.justify_between()
.children([
div().child("Item 1"),
div().child("Item 2"),
div().child("Item 3"),
])
div()
.w(px(200.)) // Pixels
.h(rems(10.)) // Relative to font size
.w(relative(0.5)) // 50% of parent
.min_w(px(100.))
.max_w(px(400.))
div()
.flex()
.items_center()
.justify_center()
.size_full()
.child("Centered")
div()
.w(px(300.))
.bg(cx.theme().surface)
.rounded(px(8.))
.shadow_md()
.p(px(16.))
.gap(px(12.))
.flex()
.flex_col()
.child(heading())
.child(content())
div()
.p(px(16.)) // Padding all sides
.px(px(20.)) // Padding horizontal
.py(px(12.)) // Padding vertical
.pt(px(8.)) // Padding top
.gap(px(8.)) // Gap between children
.w(px(200.)) // Width
.h(px(100.)) // Height
.size(px(200.)) // Width and height
.min_w(px(100.)) // Min width
.max_w(px(400.)) // Max width
.bg(rgb(0x2196F3)) // Background
.text_color(rgb(0xFFFFFF)) // Text color
.border_color(rgb(0x000000)) // Border color
.border(px(1.)) // Border width
.rounded(px(8.)) // Border radius
.rounded_t(px(8.)) // Top corners
.border_color(rgb(0x000000))
.p(px(16.)) // Padding
.m(px(8.)) // Margin
.gap(px(8.)) // Gap between flex children
.flex() // Enable flexbox
.flex_row() // Row direction
.flex_col() // Column direction
.items_center() // Align items center
.justify_between() // Space between items
.flex_grow() // Grow to fill space
div()
.bg(cx.theme().surface)
.text_color(cx.theme().foreground)
.border_color(cx.theme().border)
.when(is_hovered, |el| {
el.bg(cx.theme().hover)
})
div()
.when(is_active, |el| {
el.bg(cx.theme().primary)
})
.when_some(optional_color, |el, color| {
el.bg(color)
})