Padding

layout.Padding adds blank space around a single child component. It is the explicit alternative to setting Padding on a latte.Style — useful when you want to pad a component that does not expose a WithStyle builder, or when you want to keep style and spacing concerns separate.

Constructors

// Uniform padding — the same number of cells on all four sides.
padded := layout.NewPaddingUniform(child, 1)

// Asymmetric padding — control each side independently.
padded := layout.NewPadding(child, latte.Insets{
    Top:    1,
    Right:  2,
    Bottom: 1,
    Left:   2,
})

When to use Padding vs Style.Padding

latte.Style has a Padding field that most widgets and Border will apply during render. Use that when the component already supports WithStyle.

Use layout.Padding when:

• The component does not expose a WithStyle builder.
• You want to pad a container (VBox, HBox, ScrollView) as a whole without adding a Border.
• You want to compose padding onto a component you did not write.

Example

// 1 cell of padding on all sides around a VBox.
content := layout.NewPaddingUniform(
    layout.NewVBox(
        widget.NewText("Line one"),
        widget.NewText("Line two"),
    ),
    1,
)

// 2 columns of left/right padding, 1 row top/bottom.
content := layout.NewPadding(myWidget, latte.Insets{
    Top: 1, Right: 2, Bottom: 1, Left: 2,
})