- CSS Grid auto-repeat and minimum-size handling (#946)
The MSRV for this release is 1.71.
The direction property is now supported, allowing for RTL layout of boxes in Block, Flexbox, and CSS Grid layout modes.
The float and clear properties are now supported. Support consists of a general-purpose FloatContext in the compute module, and integration of float layout into Block layout. Block layout now also has a BlockContext that allows a FloatContext to be shared across an entire Block formatting context.
Float support is feature flagged by the float_layout feature.
All of Taffy's style types (except the top-level Style struct) now have FromStr implementations that parses the type from the CSS representation of that value (e.g. 30px or 50% for LengthPercentage. A future version of Taffy will likely add support for parsing Style from ;-seperated CSS.
CSS parsing is feature flagged by the parse feature.
Additionally the parse_faster feature enables optimizations for faster parsing at the cost of pulling in proc-macro dependencies such as syn.
- Make DetailedGridTracksInfo accessible from a public module (#899)
- Add
TaffyTree::write_treemethod to debug print the tree into an arbitrary writer (#925) - The cache
setandsetAPIs now take&LayoutInputrather than individual values (#933)
- Flexbox: apply gap even when there are auto margins (#938)
- Added write_tree method to utils.
- Fix wrong size propogation for absolute elements (#878)
- Fix bounds check in CellOccupancyMatrix::last_of_type (#890)
- Use doc_cfg instead of doc_auto_cfg (#868)
- Upgraded grid dependency from 0.18 to 1.0 (#864)
- Flexbox: don't apply cross-axis stretch alignment to children with auto margins (#861)
The MSRV for this release is 1.65.
Taffy now supports named grid lines and areas.
As these rely on arbitrary user-provided strings, Taffy's Style struct is now generic
over a string-like type (via the CheapCloneStr trait). Additionally as the grid feature is optional,
it has a PhantomData field of that type to make type inference work.
PrintTreeandRoundTree: useLayoutinstead of&Layout(#849).- Renamed
TrackSizingFunctiontoGridTemplateComponent - Renamed
NonRepeatedTrackSizingFunctiontoTrackSizingFunction - The
Repeatvariant ofGridTemplateComponentnow contains a newGridTemplateRepetitionstruct, which allows line names to be specifed in addition to tracks. - The way that grid styles are exposed in the low-level API is now a lot more generic with many associated types.
GridTemplateAreastruct andStyle::grid_template_areasfieldStyle::grid_template_column_namesandStyle::grid_template_row_namesfields. If non-empty, these should have length of exactly one greater than the correspondinggrid_template_column/grid_template_rowsstyle.
- Fix
serdefeature on 32bit targets (#845)
- Fix: Calculate correct new grid size when expanding cell_occupancy_matrix in the negative direction (#843)
- Impl
GridItemStyleandBlockContainerStyleforStyle(#832).
The big feature in this release is support for calc() values in the low-level API.
To use this API:
- Implement the
resolve_calc_valuemethod when implementing theLayoutPartialTreetrait. - Pass a type-erased pointer (
*const ()) to constructors likeLengthPercentage::calc(...)
Taffy treats the pointer as an opaque value (excepting that it uses the low 3 bits as a tag) which it will
pass to LayoutPartialTree::resolve_calc_value along with a percentage resolution basis when it needs to
resolve the value.
- The representation of many "size" types is now a tagged pointer than an enum. This is to enable
calc(). The effected types areLengthPercentage,LengthPercentageAuto,Dimension,MinTrackSizingFunction, andMaxTrackSizingFunctiontypes.
- Special-case "compressible replaced elements" in grid sizing algorithm (#807) This allows for more correct sizing of "replaced" elements such as images that are children of flexbox or grid containers.
- Grid: Fix infinite loop due to float precision in grid layout maximise tracks step (#792)
- Grid: Fix removed wrong addition, causing items to be misplaced. (#817)
- Grid: Fix grid placement for items with fixed primary axis (#818)
- Leaf layout: don't set available space to max-size (#819)
- Add
#[inline]annotation to some methods onTaffyTree(#802) - Add
TaffyTree::remove_children_rangemethod (#802)
- Fix infinite loop due to float precision in grid layout maximise tracks step (#792)
- Grid: only stretch auto tracks if content-alignment is stretch (#783)
- Fix detailed grid info for empty grid (#782)
- Make
TaffyTree::detailed_layout_infotake&selfrather than&mut self(#779)
- The ability to access computed track sizes and item positions of a CSS Grid layout (#772).
This information can be accessed using the
LayoutGridContainer::set_detailed_grid_infomethod in the low-level API or theTaffyTree::detailed_layout_infomethod in the high-level API.
- Improve interaction of abspos children of block containers with margin collapsing (#760)
- Add
TaffyTree::unrounded_layoutgetter (#765)
- The
num-traitsdependency was removed (#761) (#762)
- BREAKING: The
cache_mutmethod on theLayoutPartialTreetrait has been replaced with a separateCacheTreetrait. This allows Taffy to be more easily used without caching or with a custom cache implementation. - BREAKING: the
TaffyTree::set_childrenmethod now removes the children from their previous parent (if they have one).
- Helper methods to retrieve content-box sizes were added to
Layout
- Block: ignore margin collapsing when computing static position of abspos items (#747)
- Fix: clamp indefinite available space by min- and max- size as appropriate (#742)
- Fix calculation of
auto-fill/auto-fitrepetition count when container has a definite percentage size (#722) - Fix min-size style not affecting intrinsic sizes (#723)
- Fix documentation of dirty and mark_dirty functions (#724)
- Fix intrinsic size of scroll containers that have a small explicit flex-basis (#728)
- The
Stylestruct has been "traitified". This supports Taffy's integration in Servo and generally makes Taffy more flexible. TheStylestruct still exists and implements the new traits so existing uses of Taffy will continue to work as before. - The
box-sizingstyle is supported - Computed margins are output in
Layout
- Fix
print_tree()when rounding is disabled (#680) - Absolute Insets should be resolved against the container size minus border (#666)
- Fix flooring hypothetical_main_size by computed min size (#689)
- Fix flex line cross-size determination (#690)
- Fix panics in the grid algorithm (#691)
- Fix resolving flexible lengths (WPT css/flexbox-multiline-min-max test) (#692)
- Fix wrapping when a max main size style is present (#694)
- Fix case where Taffy allowed margins to collapse through an element when it shouldn't have (#695)
- Legacy text align (for laying out
<center>and<div align="..">) is supported - Add
is_tablefor block items (#701) - Impl
DebugandCloneforCache(#688) - Implement
DebugandPartialEqfor tree types (#697)
- Fix block stretch sizing (don't always apply stretch sizing to block containers) (#674)
- Fix computation of intrinsic main size when it depends on a child's known cross size (#673)
- Fix panic when GridLine 0 is specified (#671)
- Docs: Document feature flags and scrape examples (#672)
- Docs: Update cosmic-text example to cosmic-text 0.12 (#670)
- Fix: Clamp block item stretch widths by their min and max width (#664)
- Fix: Auto margin computation in block layout (#663)
The changes in 0.5 are relatively small but the new measure function parameter is a breaking change so it requires a minor version bump.
- Added: A
style: &Styleparameter has been added to measure functions. - Added: The
MaybeMath,MaybeResolve, andResolveOrZerotraits have been made public. - Fix: use SizingMode::Inherent when sizing absolute children of flexbox nodes.
- Content alignment (
align-content/justify-content) behaviour was updated to match the latest spec (and Chrome 123+) (#635) - Ensure that root Flexbox nodes are floored by their padding-border (#651, #655)
- Use grid area size not available space when applying aspect ratio to grid containers (#656)
- Fix compilation error in
evenly_sized_tracksstyle helper in recent versions of rustc caused by a change/regression in type inference (#643). Note that 3rd-party code that call style helpers that take anInto<f32>parameter may still be affected by this issue, but they should be able to fix on their side by clarifying the type passed in
- Fixed: single-line flex-container should clamp the line's cross-size (#638)
- Reduced binary footprint of Taffy from around 300kb to around 150kb (#636)
- Fixed: CSS Grid track sizing not respecting growth limits in some circumstances (#624)
- Support for CSS Block layout (
display: block) - Support for the
overflowproperty (+scrollbar_widthforoverflow: scroll) - Improved measure function API
- Completely refactored low-level API
- Simplified module hierarchy (+ most types/functions are now exported from the crate root)
- Expanded set of examples which better document integration with other layout systems (e.g. text layout)
- Computed values for
paddingandborderare now output into theLayoutstruct
Support for CSS Block layout has been added. This can be used via the new Display::Block variant of the Display enum. Note that full flow layout: inline, inline-block and float layout have not been implemented. The use case supported is block container nodes which contain block-level children.
Support has been added for a new overflow style property with Visible, Clip, Hidden, and Scroll values (Auto is not currently implemented). Additionally a scrollbar_width property has been added to control the size of scrollbars for nodes with Overflow::Scroll set.
- Overflow is settable indpendently in each axis.
VisibleandClipwill produce layouts equivalent to the Taffy 0.3.Clipwill affect the newcontent_sizeoutput by restricting it to the available space.HiddenandScrollaffect layout by changing the automatic minimum size of Flexbox and Grid childrenScrolladditionally reservesscrollbar_widthpixels for a scrollbar in the opposite axis to which scrolling is enabled.Scrollwithscrollbar_widthset to zero is equivalent toHidden.
The "measure function" API for integrating Taffy with other measurement systems (such as text layout) has been changed to be more flexible and to interact better with borrow checking (you can now borrow external data in your measure function!).
- There are no longer per-node measure functions.
- There is now a single "global" measure function, and a per-node "context" of a user-defined type
- The
Taffytree is now a genericTaffyTree<T>whereTis the "context" type. - The measure function is now called for all leaf nodes (nodes without children). If you wish to maintain compatibility with the previous
behaviour then your measure function should return
Size::ZEROfor leaf nodes whose context isNone.
If you are not using measure functions, then the only change you will need to make is from:
let mut tree = Taffy::new();to
let mut tree : TaffyTree<()> = TaffyTree::new();And generally update any uses of Taffy in your codebase to TaffyTree<()>.
If you are using measure functions then you will need to make some bigger (but straightforward) changes. The following Taffy 0.3 code:
let mut tree = Taffy::new();
let leaf = tree.new_leaf_with_measure(
Style::DEFAULT,
|known_dimensions: Size<Option<f32>>, available_space: Size<AvailableSpace>| Size { width: 100.0, height: 200.0 }
);
tree.compute_layout(leaf, Size::MAX_CONTENT);Should become something like the following with Taffy 0.4:
let mut tree : TaffyTree<Size> = TaffyTree::new();
let leaf = tree.new_leaf_with_context(Style::DEFAULT, Size { width: 100.0, height: 200.0 });
tree.compute_layout_with_measure(
leaf,
Size::MAX_CONTENT,
|known_dimensions: Size<Option<f32>>, available_space: Size<AvailableSpace>, node_id: NodeId, node_context: Option<Size>| {
node_context.unwrap_or(Size::ZERO)
}
);Note that:
- You can choose any type instead of
Sizein the above example. This includes your own custom type (which can be an enum or a trait object). - If you don't need a context then you can use
()for the context type - As the single "global" measure function passed to
compute_layout_with_measureonly needs to exist for the duration of a single layout run, it can (mutably) borrow data from it's environment
The low-level API has been completely reworked:
- The
LayoutTreetrait has been split into 5 smaller traits which live in thetaffy::tree:traitsmodule (along with their associated documentation) - The following methods have been removed from split
LayoutTreetraits entirely:parent,is_childless,measure_node,needs_measure, andmark_dirty. taffy::node::Nodehas been replaced withtaffy::NodeId. This should make it much easier to implement the low-level traits as the underlying type backing the node id now au64rather than aslotmap::DefaultKey.- Support for running each layout algorithm individually on a single node via the following top-level functions:
compute_flexbox_layoutcompute_grid_layoutcompute_block_layoutcompute_leaf_layoutcompute_root_layoutcompute_hidden_layout
It is believed that nobody was previously using the low-level API so we are not providing a migration guide. However, along with the refactor we have greatly improved both the documentation and have added examples using the new API, both of which are linked to from the main documentation page.
The specific changes are detailed below. However for most users the most significant change will be that almost all types are now re-exported from the root module. This means that module specific imports like use taffy::layout::Layout can now in almost all cases be replaced with the simpler use taffy::Layout.
Specific changes:
- The
mathmodule has been made private - The
axismodule has been merged into thegeometrymodule - The debug module is no longer public. The
print_treefunction is now accessible underutil. - All types from the
node,data,layout,errorandcachemodules have been moved to the thetreemodule. - The
layout_flexbox()function has been removed from the prelude. Usetaffy::compute_flexbox_layoutinstead.
This new name better describes one-dimensional measure of space in some unspecified unit
which is often unrelated to the PostScript point or the CSS pt unit.
This also removes a misleading similarity with the 2D Point,
whose components can have any unit and are not even necessarily absolute lengths.
Example usage change:
use taffy::prelude::*;
// …
let header_node = taffy
.new_leaf(
Style {
- size: Size { width: points(800.0), height: points(100.0) },
+ size: Size { width: length(800.0), height: length(100.0) },
..Default::default()
},
).unwrap();- The
Taffytype was renamed toTaffyTreeand made generic of a context parameter - The Flexbox algorithm has now been moved behind the
flexboxfeature. Theflexboxfeature is enabled by default. - The
justify_selfproperty has been moved behind thegridfeature. - Fixed misspelling:
RunMode::PeformLayoutrenamed intoRunMode::PerformLayout(added missingr). serdedependency has been made compatible withno_stdenvironmentsslotmapdependency has been made compatible withno_stdenvironments- Added
insert_child_at_index()method to theTaffyTree. This can be used to insert a child node at any position instead of just the end. - Added
total_node_count()method to theTaffyTreewhich returns the total number of nodes in the tree. - Added
get_disjoint_node_context_mut()method to theTaffyTree. This can be used to safely get multiple mutable borrows at the same time.
- Fix compilation error in
evenly_sized_tracksstyle helper in recent versions of rustc caused by a change/regression in type inference (#643). Note that 3rd-party code that call style helpers that take anInto<f32>parameter may still be affected by this issue, but they should be able to fix on their side by clarifying the type passed in
- Fix computation of Flexbox automatic minimum size when grid or flexbox child has an explicit width/height style set (#576)
- Added
total_node_countmethod to theTaffystruct. Returns the total number of nodes in the tree.
- Improve performance of flexbox columns
- Fix justify-content and align-content when free space is negative (content overflows container) (#549) (#551)
- Flex: Fix issue where constraints were not being propagated, causing nodes with inherent aspect-ratio (typically images) to not apply that aspect-ratio (#545) (Fixes bevyengine/bevy#9841)
-
Fix rounding accumulation bug (#521) (Fixes #501 and bevyengine/bevy#8911)
-
Flexbox: pass correct cross-axis available space when computing an item's intrinsic main size (#522)(Fixes bevyengine/bevy#9350)
-
Flexbox: Subtract child margin not parent margin when computing stretch-alignment known size
-
Grid: Make CSS Grid algorithm correctly apply max width/height and available space when it is the root node (#491)
-
Grid: Fix CSS Grid "auto track" / placement bugs #481
- Fix divide by zero when using grid_auto_rows/grid_auto_columns with zero negative implicit tracks
- Fix over counting of tracks (leading to incorrect container heights) when auto-placing in grids that contain negative implicit tracks.
- Fix axis conflation in auto-placement code when grid_auto_flow is column
- Fix assignment of auto track sizes when initializing negative implicit tracks
-
Leaf: Apply margins to leaf nodes when computing available space for measure functions
-
Leaf: Reserve space for padding/borders in nodes with measure functions (#497)
NOTE: This has the potential to break layouts relying on the old behaviour. However, such layouts would be relying on a style having no effect, so it is judged that such layouts are unlikely to exist in the wild. If this turns out not to be true then this fix will be reverted on the 0.3.x branch.
- Upgrade
gridto0.10. This eliminates the transitive dependency onno-std-compat.
- Fix caching issue when toggling
display:noneon and off
- Fix exponential blowup when laying out trees containing nodes with min and max sizes.
- Fix sizing of children when the available_space < min_size (#407)
- Fix caching bug where a cached result would sometimes be incorrectly used when the amount of available space increased (bevyengine/bevy#8111) and (bevyengine/bevy#8124)
- Fix incorrect min-content size for
flex-wrap: wrapnodes (bevyengine/bevy#8082)
- Fix: Make
paddingandborderfloor node sizes (#372) - Fix: Prevent percentages contributing to min-content sizes (#388) (also fixes bevyengine/bevy#8017)
- Fix: Ignore
align_contentwhenflex_wrapis set tonowrap(#383)
- Fix
display: nonewhen it is set on a flexbox child (#380) - Fix
display: nonewhen it is set on a grid child (#381)
- Fix
display: nonewhen it is set for the only node in the hierarchy (#377)
- Added
enable_roundinganddisable_roundingmethods to theTaffystruct which enable consumers of Taffy to obtain unroundedf32values for the computed layouts if they want them. Rounding remains enabled by default.
- Fixed rounding algorithm such that it never leaves gaps between adjacent nodes (#369)
- Fixed compiling with the
gridfeature disabled (#370) - Fixed compiling with the
stdfeature disabled
- Allow partial nested values to be deserialized into a
Styleusing theserdefeature.
- The
serdefeature now works when thegridfeature is enabled
See below for details of breaking changes.
We very excited to report that we now have support for CSS Grid layout. This is in addition to the existing Flexbox layout support, and the two modes interoperate. You can set a node to use Grid layout by setting the display property to Display::Grid.
Taffy implements the CSS Grid specification faithfully, so documentation designed for the web should translate cleanly to Taffy's implementation. If you are interested in learning how to use CSS Grid, we would recommend the following resources:
- CSS Grid Garden. This is an interactive tutorial/game that allows you to learn the essential parts of CSS Grid in a fun engaging way.
- A Complete Guide To CSS Grid by CSS Tricks. This is detailed guide with illustrations and comprehensive written explanation of the different Grid properties and how they work.
In addition to the usual sizing/spacing properties (size, min_size, padding, margin, etc), the following Grid style properties are supported on Grid Containers:
| Property | Explanation |
|---|---|
grid-template-columns |
The track sizing functions of the grid's explicit columns |
grid-template-rows |
The track sizing functions of the grid's explicit rows |
grid-auto-rows |
Track sizing functions for the grid's implicitly generated rows |
grid-auto-columns |
Track sizing functions for the grid's implicitly generated columns |
grid-auto-flow |
Whether auto-placed items are placed row-wise or column-wise. And sparsely or densely. |
gap |
The size of the vertical and horizontal gaps between grid rows/columns |
align-content |
Align grid tracks within the container in the inline (horizontal) axis |
justify-content |
Align grid tracks within the container in the block (vertical) axis |
align-items |
Align the child items within their grid areas in the inline (horizontal) axis |
justify-items |
Align the child items within their grid areas in the block (vertical) axis |
And the following Grid style properties are supported on Grid Items (children):
| Property | Explanation |
|---|---|
grid-row |
The (row) grid line the item starts at (or a span) |
grid-column |
The (column) grid line the item end at (or a span) |
align-self |
Align the item within it's grid area in the inline (horizontal) axis. Overrides align-items. |
justify-self |
Align the item within it's grid area in the block (vertical) axis. Overrides justify-items. |
The following properties and features are not currently supported:
- Subgrids
- Masonry grid layout
- Named grid lines
- Named areas:
grid-template-areasandgrid-area grid-templateorgridshorthand
See examples/grid_holy_grail.rs for an example using Taffy to implement the so-called Holy Grail Layout. If you want to run this example, the don't forget the enable the CSS Grid cargo feature:
cargo run --example grid_holy_grail --features gridTen new helper functions have added to the taffy prelude. These helper functions have short, intuitive names, and have generic return types which allow them to magically return the correct type depending on context. They make defining styles much easier, and means you won't typically need to use types like Dimension or TrackSizingFunction directly.
For example, instead of:
let size : Size<Dimension> = Size { width: Dimension::Points(100.0), height: Dimension::Percent(50.0) };you can now write
let size : Size<Dimension> = Size { width: points(100.0), height: percent(50.0) };And that same helper function will work other types like LengthPercentage and MinTrackSizingFunction that also have a Points variant. There are also generic impl's for Size<T>, Rect<T> and Line<T> which means if your node is the same size in all dimensions you can even write
let size : Size<Dimension> = points(100.0);Available style helpers:
| Type(s) | Helpers that work with that type | |
|---|---|---|
LengthPercentage |
zero() |
Generates a Points variant with the value 0.0 |
points(val: f32) |
Generates a Points variant with the specified value |
|
percent(val: f32) |
Generates a Percent variant with the specified value.Note that the scale of 0-1 not 0-100. |
|
LengthPercentageAutoDimension |
All helpers from LengthPercentage and... |
|
auto() |
Generates an Auto variant |
|
MinTrackSizingFunction |
All helpers from LengthPercentageAuto/Dimension and... |
|
min_content() |
Generates an MinContent variant |
|
max_content() |
Generates an MinContent variant |
|
MaxTrackSizingFunction |
All helpers from MinTrackSizingFunction and... |
|
fit_content(limit: LengthPercentage) |
Generates a FitContent variant with the specified limit.Nest the points or percent helper inside this function to specified the limit. |
|
fr(fraction: f32) |
Generates a Fraction (fr) variant with the specified flex fraction |
|
NonRepeatingTrackSizingFunction |
All helpers from MaxTrackSizingFunction and... |
|
minmax(min: MinTrackSizingFunction, max: MaxTrackSizingFunction) |
Equivalent to CSS minmax() function. |
|
flex(fraction: f32) |
Equivalent to CSS minmax(0px, 1fr). This is likely what you want if you want evenly sized rows/columns. |
|
TrackSizingFunction |
All helpers from NonRepeatingTrackSizingFunction and... |
|
repeat(rep: GridTrackRepetition, tracks: Vec<TrackSizingFunction>) |
Equivalent to css repeat() function. |
|
Vec<TrackSizingFunction> |
evenly_sized_tracks(count: u16) |
Equivalent to CSS repeat(count, minmax(0px, 1fr) |
AvailableSpace |
auto() |
Generates an Auto variant |
min_content() |
Generates an MinContent variant |
|
max_content() |
Generates an MinContent variant |
|
Size<T> |
Any helper that works for T will also work for Size<T> and will set both width and height to that value |
|
Rect<T> |
Any helper that works for T will also work for Rect<T> and will set top, left, bottom, and right to that value |
|
AlignContentandJustifyContenthas been merged.JustifyContentis now an alias ofAlignContentand contains theStretchvariant.- This variant will be ignored (falling back to
Start) when applied Flexbox containers. It is valid value for Grid containers.
AlignItemsandAlignSelfhave been merged.- The
Autovariant ofAlignSelfhas been removed. You should now useOption::Noneif you wish to specifyAlignSelf::Auto. AlignSelfis now an alias ofAlignItems.JustifyItemsandJustifySelfaliases have been added. These properties have no affect on Flexbox containers, but apply to Grid containers.
- The
Defaultimpls have been removed from all alignment types. This is because the correct default varies by property, and the types are now shared between multiple properties. TheStylestruct still has a default for each alignment property, so this is considered unlikely to affect you in practice.
- New types
LengthPercentageandLengthPercentageAutohave been added.LengthPercentageis likeDimensionbut only contains thePointsandPercentvariants, which allows us to increase type safety for properties that don't support theAutovalue.LengthPercentageAutois currently identical toDimensionbut will allow us to expand dimension in future to support values likeMinContent,MaxContentandFitContent.
- Some style properties have been updated to use either
LengthPercentageorLengthPercentageAutoinstead ofDimension. You will need to update your code, but it is recommended that you use the new style helpers (see above) rather than using the new types directly (although you certainly can use them directly if you want to).
- The
positionproperty is now renamed toinsetand is now in line with CSS inset specs - The
position_typeproperty is now renamed topositionand is now in line with CSS position specs. ThePositionTypeenum has been similarly renamed toPosition.
- Added generic associated type to
LayoutTreefor aChildIter, an iterator on the children of a given node. - Changed the
childrenmethod ofLayoutTreeto return theChildItergeneric associated type to allow for custom tree storage implementations which do not store the children of a node contiguously. - Added
child_countmethod toLayoutTreefor querying the number of children of a node. Required because thechildrenmethod now returns an iterator instead of an array. - Added
is_childlessmethod toLayoutTreefor querying whether a node has no children.
The AvailableSpace enum has been moved from the layout module to the style module. If you are importing it via the prelude then you will unaffected by the change.
- Flexbox nodes sized under a min-content constraint now size correctly (#291)
- Aspect ratio is now applied correctly in many circumstances
- Absolutely positioned items now apply margins correctly
- Min/max size are now applied correctly
- Inset applied incorrectly to relatively positioned flexbox children when both
topandbottomorleftandrightwere specified (#348) - Fix case where column-gap style could be used in place of row-gap style (when using a percentage gap with an indefinite container size)
- Removed
top_from_points,bot_from_points,top_from_percent, andbot_from_percentmethods removed fromRect<Dimension>. These functions were incredibly specific for an unusual use case, so we would be surprised if anyone was using them. Please use the new style helpers instead. - Removed
min_main_size,max_main_size,min_cross_size,max_cross_size, andcross_sizemethods fromStyle. Use the more generalcrossandmainmethods directly on thesize,min_size, andmax_sizeproperties instead. - Removed
main_margin_start,main_margin_end,cross_margin_start,cross_margin_endfromStyle. Use the more generalmain_start,main_end,cross_start, andcross_endon themarginproperty instead.
- Border or padding on the horizontal axis could, in some cases, increase the height of nodes.
- In case of conflicts,
min_sizenow overridesmax_sizewhich overridessize(#261). This is the behaviour specified in the CSS specification, and was also the behaviour in Taffyv0.1.0, but a regression was introduced in Taffyv0.2.0. taffy::compute_layouthas been made public allowing Taffy to be used with custom storage (#263)
The gap property is now supported on flex containers. This can make it much easier to create even spacing or "gutters" between nodes.
Additionally we have a SpaceEvenly variant to the AlignContent enum to support evenly spaced justification in the cross axis (equivalent to align-content: space-evenly in CSS)
Two debugging features have been added:
taffy::debug::print_tree(&Taffy, root)- This will print a debug representation of the computed layout of an entire node tree (starting atroot), which can be useful for debugging layouts.- A cargo feature
debug. This enabled debug logging of the layout computation process itself (this is probably mainly useful for those working taffy itself).
A number of performance improvements have landed since taffy 0.1:
- Firstly, our custom
taffy::foreststorage implementation was ripped out and replaced with a much simpler implementation using theslotmapcrate. This led to performance increases of up to 90%. - Secondly, the caching implementation was improved by upping the number of cache slots from 2 to 4 and tweaking how computed results are allocated to cache slots to better match the actual usage patterns of the flexbox layout algorithm. This had a particularly dramatic effect on deep hierarchies (which often involve recomputing the same results repeatedly), fixing the exponential blowup that was previously exhibited on these trees and improving performance by over 1000x in some cases!
| Benchmark | Taffy 0.1 | Taffy 0.2 | % change (0.1 -> 0.2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| wide/1_000 nodes (2-level hierarchy) | 699.18 µs | 445.01 µs | -36.279% |
| wide/10_000 nodes (2-level hierarchy) | 8.8244 ms | 7.1313 ms | -16.352% |
| wide/100_000 nodes (2-level hierarchy) | 204.48 ms | 242.93 ms | +18.803% |
| deep/4000 nodes (12-level hierarchy)) | 5.2320 s | 2.7363 ms | -99.947% |
| deep/10_000 nodes (14-level hierarchy) | 75.207 s | 6.9415 ms | -99.991% |
| deep/100_000 nodes (17-level hierarchy) | - | 102.72 ms | - |
| deep/1_000_000 nodes (20-level hierarchy) | - | 799.35 ms | - |
(note that the table above contains multiple different units (milliseconds vs. microseconds vs. nanoseconds))
As you can see, we have actually regressed slightly in the "wide" benchmarks (where all nodes are siblings of a single parent node). Although it should be noted our results in these benchmarks are still very fast, especially on the 10,000 node benchmark which we consider to be the most realistic size where the result is measured in microseconds.
However, in the "deep" benchmarks we see dramatic improvements. The previous version of Taffy suffered from exponential blowup in the case of deeply nested hierarchies. This has resulted in somewhat silly improvements like the 10,000 node (14-level) hierarchy where Taffy 0.2 is a full 1 million times faster than Taffy 0.1. We've also included results with larger numbers of nodes (although you're unlikely to need that many) to demonstrate that this scalability continues up to even deeper levels of nesting.
Benchmarks vs. Yoga
Yoga benchmarks run via it's node.js bindings (the yoga-layout-prebuilt npm package), they were run a few times manually and it was verified that variance in the numbers of each run was minimal. It should be noted that this is using an old version of Yoga.
| Benchmark | Yoga | Taffy 0.2 |
|---|---|---|
| yoga/10 nodes (1-level hierarchy) | 45.1670 µs | 33.297 ns |
| yoga/100 nodes (2-level hierarchy) | 134.1250 µs | 336.53 ns |
| yoga/1_000 nodes (3-level hierarchy) | 1.2221 ms | 3.8928 µs |
| yoga/10_000 nodes (4-level hierarchy) | 13.8672 ms | 36.162 µs |
| yoga/100_000 nodes (5-level hierarchy) | 141.5307 ms | 1.6404 ms |
(note that the table above contains multiple different units (milliseconds vs. microseconds vs. nanoseconds))
While we're trying not to get too excited (there could easily be an issue with our benchmarking methodology which make this an unfair comparison), we are pleased to see that we seem to be anywhere between 100x and 1000x times faster depending on the node count!
taffy::Nodeis now unique only to the Taffy instance from which it was created.- Renamed
Taffy.new_node(..)->Taffy.new_with_children(..) - Renamed
Taffy.new_leaf()->Taffy.new_leaf_with_measure() - Added
taffy::node::Taffy.new_leaf()which allows the creation of new leaf-nodes without having to supply a measure function
- Renamed
taffy::Error->taffy::error::TaffyError - Replaced
taffy::error::InvalidChildwith a newInvalidChildvariant oftaffy::error::TaffyError - Replaced
taffy::error::InvalidNodewith a newInvalidNodevariant oftaffy::error::TaffyError - The following method new return
Err(TaffyError::ChildIndexOutOfBounds)instead of panicking:taffy::Taffy::remove_child_at_indextaffy::Taffy::replace_child_at_indextaffy::Taffy::child_at_index
Taffy::removenow returns aResult<usize, Error>, to indicate if the operation was successful (and if it was, which ID was invalidated).
A new enum Taffy::layout::AvailableSpace has been added.
The definition looks like this:
/// The amount of space available to a node in a given axis
pub enum AvailableSpace {
/// The amount of space available is the specified number of pixels
Definite(f32),
/// The amount of space available is indefinite and the node should be laid out under a min-content constraint
MinContent,
/// The amount of space available is indefinite and the node should be laid out under a max-content constraint
MaxContent,
}This enum is now used instead of Option<f32> when calling Taffy.compute_layout (if you previously passing Size::NONE to compute_layout, then you will need to change this to Size::MAX_CONTENT).
And a different instance of it is passed as a new second parameter to MeasureFunc. MeasureFuncs may choose to use this parameter in their computation or ignore it as they see fit. The canonical example of when it makes sense to use it is when laying out text. If MinContent has been passed in the axis in which the text is flowing (i.e. the horizontal axis for left-to-right text), then you should line-break at every possible opportunity (e.g. all word boundaries), whereas if MaxContent has been passed then you shouldn't line break at all..
- Several convenience constants have been defined: notably
Style::DEFAULT Size<f32>.zero()is nowSize::<f32>::ZEROPoint<f32>.zero()is nowPoint::<f32>::ZEROSize::undefined()is nowSize::NONE
- Removed
taffy::forest::Forest.taffy::node::Taffynow handles it's own storage using a slotmap (which comes with a performance boost up to 90%). - Removed
taffy::number::Number. UseOption<f32>is used instead- the associated public
MinMaxandOrElsetraits have also been removed; these should never have been public
- the associated public
- Removed unused dependencies
hashbrown,hash32, andtypenum.slotmapis now the only required dependency (num_traitsandarrayvecare also required if you wish to use taffy in ano_stdenvironment).
-
Miscellaneous correctness fixes which align our implementation with Chrome:
- Nodes can only ever have one parent
- Fixed rounding of fractional values to follow latest Chrome - values are now rounded the same regardless of their position
- Fixed computing free space when using both
flex-growand a minimum size - Padding is now only subtracted when determining the available space if the node size is unspecified, following section 9.2.2 of the flexbox spec
MeasureFunc(and henceNodeDataand henceForestand hence the publicTaffytype) are nowSendandSync, enabling their use in async and parallel applications
-
Taffy can now be vendored using
cargo-vendor(README.md is now included in package).
- the
orderfield ofLayoutis now public, and describes the relative z-ordering of nodes - renamed crate from
stretch2totaffy - updated to the latest version of all dependencies to reduce upstream pain caused by duplicate dependencies
- renamed
stretch::node::Stretch->taffy::node::Taffy
- fixed feature strategy for
allocandstd: these can now be compiled together, withstd's types taking priority
- removed Javascript / Kotlin / Swift bindings
- the maintainer team lacks expertise to keep these working
- more serious refactors are planned, and this will be challenging to keep working through that process
- if you are interested in helping us maintain bindings to other languages, get in touch!
- the
serde_camel_caseandserde_kebab_casefeatures have been removed: they were poorly motivated and were not correctly additive (if both were enabled compilation would fail) - removed the
DirectionandOverflowstructs, and the correspondingdirectionandoverflowfields fromStyle- these had no effect in the current code base and were actively misleading
This is the final release of stretch: migrate to the crate named taffy for future fixes and features!
These notes describe the differences between this release and stretch 0.3.2, the abandoned crate from which this library was forked.
- updated assorted dependencies
- fixed an exponential performance blow-up with deep nesting
- fixed percent height values, which were using parent width
- recomputing layout no longer moves children of non-zero-positioned parent
- fixed broken Swift bindings