Alan Gutierrez wrote:
Actually, now that I think about it, the css box is going to cost a lot if it has actual structures. It is going to need a to return a margin, say by inspecting the margin it was assigned, and if assigned none, return the margin that it inherited.
There is no reason why it is not possible to implement a simplified box model specifically for GUI layouts. The width/height can be calculated using get_minimum_size() and area.deflate( margin + padding ). Border is not really necessary. As for inheriting, for simplicity, the box model will not inherit anything. If you want to implement a full CSS model (including a CSS device, box model, etc.) the library shgould provide enough functionality to allow you to do this.
In some cases, a division might have been explicitly assigned a border, but in most cases it will choose one based on context.
For sake of simplicity, it would be easier to disregard the border property in this context. Otherwise, you need to have border-color and border-style as well as border-size and you will also need to actually draw the border! Regards, Reece