Is your feature request related to a problem?
There's no sizing mode that fills the cross axis. grow() expands a child along the container's main axis, but on the cross axis a child only ever sizes to its content (fit) unless you hardcode a fixed(). In a top-to-bottom container 12 cells wide, a fit-content child holding X computes width: 1—there's no way to say "fill the container's width" so it spans all 12.
Describe the solution you'd like
A stretch() sizing axis, sibling to grow() / fit() / fixed(), that expands the element to fill the available cross-axis space:
open("child", {
layout: {
width: stretch(),
height: fixed(3),
},
});
The name is stretch (not grow, which is main-axis flex-grow, nor fill)—it's the cross-axis analog, matching the CSS width: stretch sizing keyword. Flexbox also expresses the same fill behavior as align-self: stretch, so this is the sizing-side counterpart to per-child align-self (#70). A stretch width in a ttb container makes the child span the full container width.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Setting width: fixed(containerWidth) works only when the container size is known and static—it hardcodes the dimension, breaks on resize, and can't follow a grow/fit parent. The renderer already knows the cross-axis extent at layout time; stretch just opts the child into it.
Additional context
Failing test case on nm/repro/stretch-sizing (test · diff).
decode_axis (src/clayterm.c:365) handles only FIT / GROW / PERCENT / FIXED; this needs a new stretch axis type there, a stretch() helper and packAxis case in ops.ts, and the cross-axis grow applied in the layout pass.
Is your feature request related to a problem?
There's no sizing mode that fills the cross axis.
grow()expands a child along the container's main axis, but on the cross axis a child only ever sizes to its content (fit) unless you hardcode afixed(). In a top-to-bottom container 12 cells wide, a fit-content child holdingXcomputeswidth: 1—there's no way to say "fill the container's width" so it spans all 12.Describe the solution you'd like
A
stretch()sizing axis, sibling togrow()/fit()/fixed(), that expands the element to fill the available cross-axis space:The name is
stretch(notgrow, which is main-axisflex-grow, norfill)—it's the cross-axis analog, matching the CSSwidth: stretchsizing keyword. Flexbox also expresses the same fill behavior asalign-self: stretch, so this is the sizing-side counterpart to per-childalign-self(#70). Astretchwidth in a ttb container makes the child span the full container width.Describe alternatives you've considered
Setting
width: fixed(containerWidth)works only when the container size is known and static—it hardcodes the dimension, breaks on resize, and can't follow agrow/fitparent. The renderer already knows the cross-axis extent at layout time; stretch just opts the child into it.Additional context
Failing test case on
nm/repro/stretch-sizing(test · diff).decode_axis(src/clayterm.c:365) handles only FIT / GROW / PERCENT / FIXED; this needs a newstretchaxis type there, astretch()helper andpackAxiscase inops.ts, and the cross-axis grow applied in the layout pass.