bools for VSYNC and FPS_LIMIT

lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_font.c3

@@ -309,9 +309,18 @@ fn Rect? Ctx.layout_string(&ctx, String text, Rect bounds, Anchor anchor, int z_
 	short line_height = (short)font.line_height();
 	Rect cursor_rect = {.h = line_height};
 
-	if (text == "" || bounds.w <= 0 || bounds.h <= 0) return cursor_rect;
+	if (bounds.w <= 0 || bounds.h <= 0) return cursor_rect;
 	ctx.push_scissor(bounds, z_index)!;
 
+	if (text == "") {
+		// when text is empty but we need to draw a cursor use a visually empty string
+		if (cursor >= 0) {
+			text = "\f";
+		} else {
+			return cursor_rect;
+		}
+	}
+
 	Id texture_id = font.id;
 	short baseline = (short)font.ascender;
 	short line_gap = (short)font.linegap;
@@ -356,6 +365,7 @@ fn Rect? Ctx.layout_string(&ctx, String text, Rect bounds, Anchor anchor, int z_
 
 			switch {
 			case cp == '\n':
+				off += x;
 				break ITER;
 			case cp == '\t':
 				o.x += tab_width;
@@ -377,28 +387,42 @@ fn Rect? Ctx.layout_string(&ctx, String text, Rect bounds, Anchor anchor, int z_
 			}
 		}
 		line_end = off;
-		if (line_end == line_start) break;
+		if (line_end == line_start) unreachable("something went wrong in measuring the line");
 		
 		// with the line width calculate the right origin and layout the line
 		origin.x = bounds.x;
+		short next_line_x = bounds.x; // the x coordinate of the origin if the line_width is zero
 		switch (anchor) {
 		case TOP_LEFT: nextcase;
 		case LEFT: nextcase;
 		case BOTTOM_LEFT:
 			// TODO: we didn't need to measure the line width with this alignment
 			origin.x += 0;
+			next_line_x += 0;
 		case TOP: nextcase;
 		case CENTER: nextcase;
 		case BOTTOM:
 			origin.x += (short)(bounds.w - line_width)/2+1;
+			next_line_x += bounds.w/2;
 		case TOP_RIGHT: nextcase;
 		case RIGHT: nextcase;
 		case BOTTOM_RIGHT:
 			origin.x += (short)(bounds.w - line_width);
+			next_line_x += bounds.w;
 		}
 
-		cursor_rect.x = origin.x;
+		// reset the cursor to the line
-		cursor_rect.y = origin.y;
+		if (line_start <= cursor && cursor <= line_end) {
+			cursor_rect.x = origin.x;
+			cursor_rect.y = origin.y;
+			cursor_rect.w = 0;
+			if (cursor && text[cursor-1] == '\n') {
+				cursor_rect.x = next_line_x;
+				cursor_rect.y += line_height;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		Point line_origin = origin;
 
 		// see the fixme when measuring the height
 		//ctx.push_rect({.x = origin.x,.y=origin.y,.w=(short)line_width,.h=(short)string_height}, z_index, &&(Style){.bg=0xff000042u.@to_rgba()})!;
@@ -407,7 +431,6 @@ fn Rect? Ctx.layout_string(&ctx, String text, Rect bounds, Anchor anchor, int z_
 		for (usz x; (cp = str_to_codepoint(line[off..], &x)) != 0 && off < line.len; off += x) {
 			Glyph* gp = font.get_glyph(cp)!;
 
-			// update the text bounds
 			switch {
 			case cp == '\t':
 				origin.x += tab_width;
@@ -429,15 +452,16 @@ fn Rect? Ctx.layout_string(&ctx, String text, Rect bounds, Anchor anchor, int z_
 				ctx.push_sprite(b, uv, texture_id, z_index, hue)!;
 				//ctx.push_rect(b, z_index, &&(Style){.bg=0x0000ff66u.@to_rgba()})!;
 
-				if (line_start + off < cursor) {
-					cursor_rect.x = origin.x + gp.adv;
-					cursor_rect.y = origin.y;
-					cursor_rect.w = gp.adv;
-				}
-				
 				origin.x += gp.adv;
 			}
+			
+			if (line_start + off < cursor && text[cursor-1] != '\n') {
+				cursor_rect.x = origin.x;
+				cursor_rect.y = origin.y;
+				cursor_rect.w = gp.adv;
+			}
 		}
+
 		// done with the line
 		line_start = line_end;
 		origin.y += line_height + line_gap; 

lib/ugui.c3l/src/ugui_layout.c3

@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ struct Layout {
 	struct origin {
 		short x, y;
 	}
-	LayoutDirection dir;
+	// false: the element is laid out according to the parent
-	Anchor anchor;
+	// true: the element is laid out separate from all other children and the relative position to
+	//       the parent is the .origin field
+	bool absolute;
+	LayoutDirection dir; // the direction the children are laid out
+	Anchor anchor;       // how the children are positioned
 	Rect content_offset; // combined effect of margin, border and padding
 }
 
@@ -112,6 +116,9 @@ fn void update_parent_size(Elem* child, Elem* parent)
 	Layout* cl = &child.layout;
 	Layout* pl = &parent.layout;
 
+	// if the element has absolute position do not update the parent
+	if (cl.absolute) return;
+
 	Point child_size = cl.get_dimensions();
 
 	switch (pl.dir) {
@@ -164,6 +171,9 @@ fn void resolve_dimensions(Elem* e, Elem* p)
 	e.bounds.w = elem_dimensions.x;
 	e.bounds.h = elem_dimensions.y;
 	
+	// if the element has absolute position do not update the parent
+	if (el.absolute) return;
+
 	switch (pl.dir) {
 	case ROW:
 		if (!el.w.@is_grow()) pl.occupied += e.bounds.w;
@@ -209,6 +219,13 @@ fn void resolve_placement(Elem* c, Elem* p)
 		.y = p.bounds.y + pl.origin.y + pl.content_offset.y,
 	};
 
+	// if the element has absolute position assign the origin and do not update the parent
+	if (cl.absolute) {
+		c.bounds.x = p.bounds.x + pl.content_offset.x + cl.origin.x;
+		c.bounds.y = p.bounds.x + pl.content_offset.x + cl.origin.y;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	switch (pl.anchor) {
 	case TOP_LEFT:
 		c.bounds.x = off.x;

lib/ugui.c3l/src/widgets/ugui_div.c3

@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ macro Ctx.@div(&ctx,
                Size width = @grow, Size height = @grow,
                LayoutDirection dir = ROW,
                Anchor anchor = TOP_LEFT,
+               bool absolute = false, Point off = {},
                bool scroll_x = false, bool scroll_y = false,
                ...;
                @body()
               )
 {
-	ctx.div_begin(width, height, dir, anchor, scroll_x, scroll_y, $vasplat)!;
+	ctx.div_begin(width, height, dir, anchor, absolute, off, scroll_x, scroll_y, $vasplat)!;
 	@body();
 	return ctx.div_end()!;
 }
@@ -39,11 +40,12 @@ macro Ctx.div_begin(&ctx,
                     Size width = @grow(), Size height = @grow(),
                     LayoutDirection dir = ROW,
                     Anchor anchor = TOP_LEFT,
+                    bool absolute = false, Point off = {}, 
                     bool scroll_x = false, bool scroll_y = false,
                     ...
                    )
 {
-	return ctx.div_begin_id(@compute_id($vasplat), width, height, dir, anchor, scroll_x, scroll_y);
+	return ctx.div_begin_id(@compute_id($vasplat), width, height, dir, anchor, absolute, off, scroll_x, scroll_y);
 }
 
 fn void? Ctx.div_begin_id(&ctx,
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ fn void? Ctx.div_begin_id(&ctx,
                           Size width, Size height,
                           LayoutDirection dir,
                           Anchor anchor,
+                          bool absolute, Point off,
                           bool scroll_x, bool scroll_y
                          )
 {
@@ -75,7 +78,12 @@ fn void? Ctx.div_begin_id(&ctx,
 		.dir = dir,
 		.anchor = anchor,
 		.content_offset = style.margin + style.border + style.padding,
+		.absolute = absolute,
 	};
+	if (absolute) {
+		elem.layout.origin.x = off.x;
+		elem.layout.origin.y = off.y;
+	}
 
 	ctx.push_rect(elem.bounds.pad(style.margin), elem.div.z_index, style)!;
 

lib/ugui.c3l/src/widgets/ugui_text.c3

@@ -76,14 +76,11 @@ fn ElemEvents? Ctx.text_box_id(&ctx, Id id, Size w, Size h, TextEdit* te)
 	cur = ctx.layout_string(elem.text.te.to_string(), text_bounds, TOP_LEFT, parent.div.z_index, style.fg, elem.text.te.cursor)!;
 
 	// draw the cursor if the element has focus
+	cur.w = 2;
 	if (elem.events.has_focus) {
-		cur.w = 2;
+		ctx.push_scissor(text_bounds, parent.div.z_index)!;
-		// FIXME: gross hack for when text is empty
-		if (cur.x == 0 && cur.y == 0) {
-			cur.x = text_bounds.x;
-			cur.y = text_bounds.y;
-		}
 		ctx.push_rect(cur, parent.div.z_index, &&(Style){.bg = style.fg})!;
+		ctx.reset_scissor(parent.div.z_index)!;
 	}
 	return elem.events;
 }

src/main.c3

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ const char[*] FS_PATH = "resources/shaders/compiled/ugui.frag.spv";
 
 const char[*] STYLESHEET_PATH = "resources/style.css";
 
+const bool LIMIT_FPS = false;
+const bool VSYNC = false;
+
 fn int main(String[] args)
 {
 	ArenaAllocator arena;
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ fn int main(String[] args)
 	defer ui.free();
 
 	ren::Renderer ren;
-	ren.init("Ugui Test", 800, 600, true);
+	ren.init("Ugui Test", 800, 600, VSYNC);
 	defer ren.free();
 	ui.input_window_size(800, 600)!!;
 
@@ -216,15 +219,10 @@ $endswitch
 		TimeStats dts = draw_times.get_stats();
 		TimeStats uts = ui_times.get_stats();
 
-/*
+		ui.@div(ugui::@fit(), ugui::@fit(), COLUMN, TOP_LEFT, true) {
-		ui.layout_set_floating()!!;
+			ui.text(string::tformat("frame %d, fps = %.2f", frame, fps))!!;
-		ui.@div({0, ui.height-150, -300, 150}) {
+			ui.text(string::tformat("ui avg: %s\ndraw avg: %s\nTOT: %s", uts.avg, dts.avg, uts.avg+dts.avg))!!;
-			ui.layout_set_column()!!;
-			ui.text_unbounded(string::tformat("frame %d, fps = %.2f", frame, fps))!!;
-			ui.text_unbounded(string::tformat("ui avg: %s\ndraw avg: %s\nTOT: %s", uts.avg, dts.avg, uts.avg+dts.avg))!!;
-			ui.text_unbounded(string::tformat("%s %s", mod.lctrl, (String)ui.input.keyboard.text[:ui.input.keyboard.text_len]))!!;
 		}!!;
-*/
 
 		ui.frame_end()!!;
 		/* End UI Handling */
@@ -243,8 +241,8 @@ $endswitch
 		/* End Drawing */
 
 		// wait for the next event, timeout after 100ms
-
+		int timeout = LIMIT_FPS ? (int)(100.0-sleep_clock.mark().to_ms()-0.5) : 0;
-		sdl::wait_event_timeout(&e, (int)(100.0-sleep_clock.mark().to_ms()-0.5));
+		sdl::wait_event_timeout(&e, timeout);
 
 		fps = 1.0 / fps_clock.mark().to_sec();
 		frame++;
@@ -356,7 +354,7 @@ fn void calculator(ugui::Ctx* ui, TextEdit* te)
 	case "9":
 		buffer[len++] = ui.get_keys()[0];
 	case "\n":
-		eval = true;
+		eval = len != 0;
 	case "c":
 		len = 0;
 	case "d":