Migrating 2025 April 27 to Preview

TextRuntime Default WidthUnits and HeightUnits

This version changes the following:

Variable	Old Value	New Value
TextRuntime.Height	50	0
TextRuntime.HeightUnits	DimensionUnitType.Absolute	DimensionUnitType.RelativeToChildren
TextRuntime.Width	100	0
TextRuntime.WidthUnits	DimensionUnitType.Absolute	DimensionUnitType.RelativeToChildren

This change only changes how code works, and does not affect the tool, nor does it affect projcts which are loading .gumx files.

This change was made to address the confusion of TextRuntime instances wrapping at what seemed like arbitrary points.

The following code can be used to see the difference:

var text = new TextRuntime();
text.Text = "I am displaying a long string without wrapping";
mainPanel.AddChild(text);

New default TextRuntime behavior

Old default TextRuntime behavior

Note that Height and HeightUnits have also changed so that TextRuntimes now automatically adjust their heights. This allows TextRuntimes to properly stack by default, as shown in the following code:

for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
    var text = new TextRuntime();
    text.Text = "Text " + i;
    mainPanel.AddChild(text);
}

New default TextRuntime behavior in a stack

Old default TextRuntime behavior in a stack

This change only modifies the default variables, it does not change the behavior of TextRuntime if Height, HeightUnits, Width, and WidthUnits are explicitly set. In other words, the old behavior can be obtained by setting the values as shown in the following code:

var textWithOldBehavior = new TextRuntime();
textWithOldBehavior.Text = "Text with old behavior";
textWithOldBehavior.Width = 100;
textWithOldBehavior.WidthUnits = DimensionUnitType.RelativeToChildren;
textWithOldBehavior.Height = 50;
textWithOldBehavior.HeightUnits = DimensionUnitType.Absolute;

Only First Stacked Item Applies X Units and Y Units

This version changes how X Units are applied to children in a container with its Children Layout set to Left to Right Stack . It also changes how Y Units are applied to children in a container with its Children Layout set to Left to Right Stack. This changes how Gum behaves both in the tool and all runtimes.

This change only applies children after the first item in a stack. All subsequent items in a stack ignore the their units values.

This change was made to address the confusion of copying/pasting a child which is not positioned at the top left resulting in overlapping children.

For example, consider a container with two Text instances. The container uses a Children Layout of Top to Bottom Stack. In this example, both Text instances have their Y Unit value set to Center. Notice that the first Text instance is positioned relative to the vertical center of its parent, and the second Text instance is positioned under.

New stacking behavior

Previously, the 2nd Text would ignore the stacking behavior since it had a Y Units set to Center, forcing it to be positioned relative to its parent's vertical center.

Old stacking behavior

To continue using the old behavior, set the parent's Children Layout to Regular.

Old behavior can be obtained by setting Children Layout to Regular