Way to get absolute position in nested layout?

[Robert-M-Muench]

YGNodeLayoutGetLeft() and YGNodeLayoutGetTop() return values relative to the parent.

Is there a way to get the absolute values in a nested layout that adds up all the parent positions?

[KitsuneAlex]

I know this is a bit late but did you get this sorted out? The C++ documentation is kinda sparse and i've been struggeling with the exact same problem for a while now. Thanks in advance :)

[Robert-M-Muench]

There is no function you can use.

I solve this by tracking the absolute positions ax and ay manually and updated them while traversing the layout tree on any layout changes. Works and doesn't add too much run-time overhead.

[KitsuneAlex]

Yeah i figured a way out myself, i just retrieve the X and Y position of my component in question, then check if it has a parent and if so, add it's X and Y to the component's X and Y, then return the result. Works pretty nicely :D