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http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/210979/Fast-optimizing-rectangle-packing-algorithm-for-bu
On 22/11/2013 17:35, Jake Churchill wrote:
Guys,
I'm working on a project with a component that displays child sprites
of different sites and allows the user to arrange them. The sprites
are all rectangles of different sizes.
What I'm trying to do is create an auto-align which will crunch the
children down into the smallest possible arrangement.
I'm wondering if anyone has heard of or has some kind of logic that
would help with this. FYI, I'm not looking for a handout. I've
already gone through 2 different iterations of the logic and each has
a bug once in a while.
Where I run into issues is when I have one really tall sprite and a
bunch of shorter ones. I get things aligned in a single row and then
create another row on top and start lining up the additional ones, but
really what should happen is I should have the larger sprite have a
"rowspan" like you can with html tables.
I've attached an illustration from the app. The top 2 images is start
and after the auto align. This works well when the sprites are about
the same size. The 2nd row is what happens with a taller sprite and
much smaller sprites, and finally below is what I would like to have
happen but am having issues getting there.
Any help would be awesome.
Thanks!
-Jake
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