# packages/core/src/lib/style/positioning.ts
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<pre class="api-source"><code><span id="L1"><a href="#L1" aria-label="Line 1">1</a> import type { StyleResolutionContext, SystemStyle } from '../types.js';</span>
<span id="L2"><a href="#L2" aria-label="Line 2">2</a> import {</span>
<span id="L3"><a href="#L3" aria-label="Line 3">3</a>   getPlacementSignalHandoffStyle,</span>
<span id="L4"><a href="#L4" aria-label="Line 4">4</a>   setPlacementSignalHandoff,</span>
<span id="L5"><a href="#L5" aria-label="Line 5">5</a> } from '../element/metadata.js';</span>
<span id="L6"><a href="#L6" aria-label="Line 6">6</a> import type { PibblElement } from '../element/types.js';</span>
<span id="L7"><a href="#L7" aria-label="Line 7">7</a> import { isSignal } from '../signals/graph.js';</span>
<span id="L8"><a href="#L8" aria-label="Line 8">8</a> import { resolveLocalOffset } from './resolve-built-in.js';</span>
<span id="L9"><a href="#L9" aria-label="Line 9">9</a> import type { Length } from './types.js';</span>
<span id="L10"><a href="#L10" aria-label="Line 10">10</a> </span>
<span id="L11"><a href="#L11" aria-label="Line 11">11</a> const PLACEMENT_HANDOFF = Symbol('pibbl.placement-handoff');</span>
<span id="L12"><a href="#L12" aria-label="Line 12">12</a> </span>
<span id="L13"><a href="#L13" aria-label="Line 13">13</a> type PropsWithStyle = Record&lt;PropertyKey, unknown&gt; &amp; {</span>
<span id="L14"><a href="#L14" aria-label="Line 14">14</a>   readonly style?: unknown;</span>
<span id="L15"><a href="#L15" aria-label="Line 15">15</a> };</span>
<span id="L16"><a href="#L16" aria-label="Line 16">16</a> </span>
<span id="L17"><a href="#L17" aria-label="Line 17">17</a> type PlacementHandoff = Readonly&lt;{</span>
<span id="L18"><a href="#L18" aria-label="Line 18">18</a>   source: Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt;;</span>
<span id="L19"><a href="#L19" aria-label="Line 19">19</a> }&gt;;</span>
<span id="L20"><a href="#L20" aria-label="Line 20">20</a> </span>
<span id="L21"><a href="#L21" aria-label="Line 21">21</a> let activeSignalHandoff: {</span>
<span id="L22"><a href="#L22" aria-label="Line 22">22</a>   readonly signal: object;</span>
<span id="L23"><a href="#L23" aria-label="Line 23">23</a>   readonly consumedStyle: Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt;;</span>
<span id="L24"><a href="#L24" aria-label="Line 24">24</a> } | undefined;</span>
<span id="L25"><a href="#L25" aria-label="Line 25">25</a> </span>
<span id="L26"><a href="#L26" aria-label="Line 26">26</a> function hasPositioning(style: Readonly&lt;Record&lt;PropertyKey, unknown&gt;&gt;): boolean {</span>
<span id="L27"><a href="#L27" aria-label="Line 27">27</a>   if (Object.hasOwn(style, 'left') || Object.hasOwn(style, 'top')) return true;</span>
<span id="L28"><a href="#L28" aria-label="Line 28">28</a>   const when = style.when;</span>
<span id="L29"><a href="#L29" aria-label="Line 29">29</a>   return Array.isArray(when) &amp;&amp; when.some((rule) =&gt; {</span>
<span id="L30"><a href="#L30" aria-label="Line 30">30</a>     if (!rule || typeof rule !== 'object') return false;</span>
<span id="L31"><a href="#L31" aria-label="Line 31">31</a>     const patch = (rule as { style?: unknown }).style;</span>
<span id="L32"><a href="#L32" aria-label="Line 32">32</a>     return !!patch &amp;&amp; typeof patch === 'object' &amp;&amp;</span>
<span id="L33"><a href="#L33" aria-label="Line 33">33</a>       (Object.hasOwn(patch, 'left') || Object.hasOwn(patch, 'top'));</span>
<span id="L34"><a href="#L34" aria-label="Line 34">34</a>   });</span>
<span id="L35"><a href="#L35" aria-label="Line 35">35</a> }</span>
<span id="L36"><a href="#L36" aria-label="Line 36">36</a> </span>
<span id="L37"><a href="#L37" aria-label="Line 37">37</a> /** @internal Marks a placed function component's object style for forwarding. */</span>
<span id="L38"><a href="#L38" aria-label="Line 38">38</a> export function withPlacementHandoff&lt;P&gt;(</span>
<span id="L39"><a href="#L39" aria-label="Line 39">39</a>   props: P,</span>
<span id="L40"><a href="#L40" aria-label="Line 40">40</a>   consumedStyle: Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt; | undefined,</span>
<span id="L41"><a href="#L41" aria-label="Line 41">41</a> ): P {</span>
<span id="L42"><a href="#L42" aria-label="Line 42">42</a>   if (!props || typeof props !== 'object') return props;</span>
<span id="L43"><a href="#L43" aria-label="Line 43">43</a>   const candidate = props as PropsWithStyle;</span>
<span id="L44"><a href="#L44" aria-label="Line 44">44</a>   const style = candidate.style;</span>
<span id="L45"><a href="#L45" aria-label="Line 45">45</a>   if (</span>
<span id="L46"><a href="#L46" aria-label="Line 46">46</a>     !style ||</span>
<span id="L47"><a href="#L47" aria-label="Line 47">47</a>     typeof style !== 'object' ||</span>
<span id="L48"><a href="#L48" aria-label="Line 48">48</a>     isSignal(style) ||</span>
<span id="L49"><a href="#L49" aria-label="Line 49">49</a>     (style as Record&lt;PropertyKey, unknown&gt;)[PLACEMENT_HANDOFF] !== undefined ||</span>
<span id="L50"><a href="#L50" aria-label="Line 50">50</a>     !hasPositioning(style as Readonly&lt;Record&lt;PropertyKey, unknown&gt;&gt;)</span>
<span id="L51"><a href="#L51" aria-label="Line 51">51</a>   ) {</span>
<span id="L52"><a href="#L52" aria-label="Line 52">52</a>     return props;</span>
<span id="L53"><a href="#L53" aria-label="Line 53">53</a>   }</span>
<span id="L54"><a href="#L54" aria-label="Line 54">54</a>   return {</span>
<span id="L55"><a href="#L55" aria-label="Line 55">55</a>     ...candidate,</span>
<span id="L56"><a href="#L56" aria-label="Line 56">56</a>     style: Object.freeze({</span>
<span id="L57"><a href="#L57" aria-label="Line 57">57</a>       ...(style as Record&lt;PropertyKey, unknown&gt;),</span>
<span id="L58"><a href="#L58" aria-label="Line 58">58</a>       [PLACEMENT_HANDOFF]: Object.freeze({</span>
<span id="L59"><a href="#L59" aria-label="Line 59">59</a>         source: consumedStyle ?? style as Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt;,</span>
<span id="L60"><a href="#L60" aria-label="Line 60">60</a>       }),</span>
<span id="L61"><a href="#L61" aria-label="Line 61">61</a>     }),</span>
<span id="L62"><a href="#L62" aria-label="Line 62">62</a>   } as P;</span>
<span id="L63"><a href="#L63" aria-label="Line 63">63</a> }</span>
<span id="L64"><a href="#L64" aria-label="Line 64">64</a> </span>
<span id="L65"><a href="#L65" aria-label="Line 65">65</a> /** @internal Activates signal identity capture while one plain component runs. */</span>
<span id="L66"><a href="#L66" aria-label="Line 66">66</a> export function enterPlacementHandoffCapture(</span>
<span id="L67"><a href="#L67" aria-label="Line 67">67</a>   props: unknown,</span>
<span id="L68"><a href="#L68" aria-label="Line 68">68</a>   consumedStyle: Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt; | undefined,</span>
<span id="L69"><a href="#L69" aria-label="Line 69">69</a> ): () =&gt; void {</span>
<span id="L70"><a href="#L70" aria-label="Line 70">70</a>   const style = props &amp;&amp; typeof props === 'object' ?</span>
<span id="L71"><a href="#L71" aria-label="Line 71">71</a>     (props as PropsWithStyle).style : undefined;</span>
<span id="L72"><a href="#L72" aria-label="Line 72">72</a>   const previous = activeSignalHandoff;</span>
<span id="L73"><a href="#L73" aria-label="Line 73">73</a>   activeSignalHandoff = style &amp;&amp; isSignal(style) &amp;&amp; consumedStyle !== undefined ? {</span>
<span id="L74"><a href="#L74" aria-label="Line 74">74</a>     signal: style,</span>
<span id="L75"><a href="#L75" aria-label="Line 75">75</a>     consumedStyle,</span>
<span id="L76"><a href="#L76" aria-label="Line 76">76</a>   } : undefined;</span>
<span id="L77"><a href="#L77" aria-label="Line 77">77</a>   return () =&gt; {</span>
<span id="L78"><a href="#L78" aria-label="Line 78">78</a>     activeSignalHandoff = previous;</span>
<span id="L79"><a href="#L79" aria-label="Line 79">79</a>   };</span>
<span id="L80"><a href="#L80" aria-label="Line 80">80</a> }</span>
<span id="L81"><a href="#L81" aria-label="Line 81">81</a> </span>
<span id="L82"><a href="#L82" aria-label="Line 82">82</a> /** @internal Annotates an element created with the active forwarded style signal. */</span>
<span id="L83"><a href="#L83" aria-label="Line 83">83</a> export function capturePlacementHandoff(</span>
<span id="L84"><a href="#L84" aria-label="Line 84">84</a>   element: PibblElement&lt;any&gt;,</span>
<span id="L85"><a href="#L85" aria-label="Line 85">85</a>   style: unknown,</span>
<span id="L86"><a href="#L86" aria-label="Line 86">86</a> ): void {</span>
<span id="L87"><a href="#L87" aria-label="Line 87">87</a>   if (style &amp;&amp; style === activeSignalHandoff?.signal) {</span>
<span id="L88"><a href="#L88" aria-label="Line 88">88</a>     setPlacementSignalHandoff(element, activeSignalHandoff.consumedStyle);</span>
<span id="L89"><a href="#L89" aria-label="Line 89">89</a>   }</span>
<span id="L90"><a href="#L90" aria-label="Line 90">90</a> }</span>
<span id="L91"><a href="#L91" aria-label="Line 91">91</a> </span>
<span id="L92"><a href="#L92" aria-label="Line 92">92</a> /** @internal Reads the original style behind an enumerable forwarding marker. */</span>
<span id="L93"><a href="#L93" aria-label="Line 93">93</a> export function getPlacementHandoffSource(</span>
<span id="L94"><a href="#L94" aria-label="Line 94">94</a>   style: unknown,</span>
<span id="L95"><a href="#L95" aria-label="Line 95">95</a> ): Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt; | undefined {</span>
<span id="L96"><a href="#L96" aria-label="Line 96">96</a>   if (!style || typeof style !== 'object') return undefined;</span>
<span id="L97"><a href="#L97" aria-label="Line 97">97</a>   const marker = (style as Record&lt;PropertyKey, unknown&gt;)[PLACEMENT_HANDOFF];</span>
<span id="L98"><a href="#L98" aria-label="Line 98">98</a>   if (!marker || typeof marker !== 'object') return undefined;</span>
<span id="L99"><a href="#L99" aria-label="Line 99">99</a>   return (marker as PlacementHandoff).source;</span>
<span id="L100"><a href="#L100" aria-label="Line 100">100</a> }</span>
<span id="L101"><a href="#L101" aria-label="Line 101">101</a> </span>
<span id="L102"><a href="#L102" aria-label="Line 102">102</a> /** @internal Removes a private handoff marker before style callbacks run. */</span>
<span id="L103"><a href="#L103" aria-label="Line 103">103</a> export function consumePlacementHandoff(</span>
<span id="L104"><a href="#L104" aria-label="Line 104">104</a>   style: Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt;,</span>
<span id="L105"><a href="#L105" aria-label="Line 105">105</a> ): Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt; {</span>
<span id="L106"><a href="#L106" aria-label="Line 106">106</a>   if (getPlacementHandoffSource(style) === undefined) return style;</span>
<span id="L107"><a href="#L107" aria-label="Line 107">107</a>   const withoutHandoff = { ...(style as Record&lt;PropertyKey, unknown&gt;) };</span>
<span id="L108"><a href="#L108" aria-label="Line 108">108</a>   delete withoutHandoff[PLACEMENT_HANDOFF];</span>
<span id="L109"><a href="#L109" aria-label="Line 109">109</a>   return Object.freeze(withoutHandoff) as Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt;;</span>
<span id="L110"><a href="#L110" aria-label="Line 110">110</a> }</span>
<span id="L111"><a href="#L111" aria-label="Line 111">111</a> </span>
<span id="L112"><a href="#L112" aria-label="Line 112">112</a> /** @internal Determines whether a primitive consumes one forwarded signal style. */</span>
<span id="L113"><a href="#L113" aria-label="Line 113">113</a> export function getPlacementSignalHandoff(</span>
<span id="L114"><a href="#L114" aria-label="Line 114">114</a>   element: PibblElement&lt;any&gt;,</span>
<span id="L115"><a href="#L115" aria-label="Line 115">115</a> ): Readonly&lt;SystemStyle&gt; | undefined {</span>
<span id="L116"><a href="#L116" aria-label="Line 116">116</a>   return getPlacementSignalHandoffStyle(element);</span>
<span id="L117"><a href="#L117" aria-label="Line 117">117</a> }</span>
<span id="L118"><a href="#L118" aria-label="Line 118">118</a> </span>
<span id="L119"><a href="#L119" aria-label="Line 119">119</a> /**</span>
<span id="L120"><a href="#L120" aria-label="Line 120">120</a>  * Offsets in the parent layout coordinate system; percentages resolve against the containing box.</span>
<span id="L121"><a href="#L121" aria-label="Line 121">121</a>  *</span>
<span id="L122"><a href="#L122" aria-label="Line 122">122</a>  * @see {@link Length}</span>
<span id="L123"><a href="#L123" aria-label="Line 123">123</a>  * @see {@link SystemStyle}</span>
<span id="L124"><a href="#L124" aria-label="Line 124">124</a>  */</span>
<span id="L125"><a href="#L125" aria-label="Line 125">125</a> export interface PositioningStyle extends SystemStyle {</span>
<span id="L126"><a href="#L126" aria-label="Line 126">126</a>   /** Left edge coordinate or inset. See {@link Length}. */</span>
<span id="L127"><a href="#L127" aria-label="Line 127">127</a>   left?: Exclude&lt;Length, 'auto'&gt;;</span>
<span id="L128"><a href="#L128" aria-label="Line 128">128</a>   /** Top edge value or top envelope guide. See {@link Length}. */</span>
<span id="L129"><a href="#L129" aria-label="Line 129">129</a>   top?: Exclude&lt;Length, 'auto'&gt;;</span>
<span id="L130"><a href="#L130" aria-label="Line 130">130</a> }</span>
<span id="L131"><a href="#L131" aria-label="Line 131">131</a> </span>
<span id="L132"><a href="#L132" aria-label="Line 132">132</a> export interface ResolvedPosition {</span>
<span id="L133"><a href="#L133" aria-label="Line 133">133</a>   left: number;</span>
<span id="L134"><a href="#L134" aria-label="Line 134">134</a>   top: number;</span>
<span id="L135"><a href="#L135" aria-label="Line 135">135</a> }</span>
<span id="L136"><a href="#L136" aria-label="Line 136">136</a> </span>
<span id="L137"><a href="#L137" aria-label="Line 137">137</a> export function resolveStandalonePosition(</span>
<span id="L138"><a href="#L138" aria-label="Line 138">138</a>   style: Readonly&lt;PositioningStyle&gt;,</span>
<span id="L139"><a href="#L139" aria-label="Line 139">139</a>   context: Readonly&lt;StyleResolutionContext&gt;,</span>
<span id="L140"><a href="#L140" aria-label="Line 140">140</a> ): ResolvedPosition {</span>
<span id="L141"><a href="#L141" aria-label="Line 141">141</a>   return {</span>
<span id="L142"><a href="#L142" aria-label="Line 142">142</a>     left: resolveLocalOffset(style.left, context.percentageBasis.width, 'left', context),</span>
<span id="L143"><a href="#L143" aria-label="Line 143">143</a>     top: resolveLocalOffset(style.top, context.percentageBasis.height, 'top', context),</span>
<span id="L144"><a href="#L144" aria-label="Line 144">144</a>   };</span>
<span id="L145"><a href="#L145" aria-label="Line 145">145</a> }</span>
<span id="L146"><a href="#L146" aria-label="Line 146">146</a> </span></code></pre>

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