Terminal Structures

What do they represent?

Terminaux provides some useful structures that help you make console applications seamlessly and without repetition, such as coordinates, margins, and padding. They are found in the Terminaux.Base.Structures namespace, and they use structs to represent values as they are informational.

Coordinates

A structure that defines a coordinate relative to the console that starts with the upper left corner (0, 0) is called Coordinate. It contains two properties:

• X: Specifies the left position as specified by the X axis of the console

• Y: Specifies the top position as specified by the Y axis of the console

This allows you to store coordinate information in one variable without having to resort to tuples or multiple variables.

Size

A structure that defines a width and a height of an element is called Size. It contains two properties:

• Width: Width of the element (horizontal length)

• Height: Height of the element (vertical length)

This allows you to store size information in one variable without having to resort to tuples or multiple variables.

Padding

A structure that defines padding information related to the element, such as the console, is called Padding. The default padding is (0, 0, 0, 0) which represents the left, the top, the right, and the bottom padding. It contains the following properties:

• Left: Left padding starting from 0

• Top: Top padding starting from 0

• Right: Right padding starting from 0

• Bottom: Bottom padding starting from 0

This allows you to store padding information in one variable without having to resort to tuples or multiple variables.

This structure is a group of two separate structures that describe both horizontal and vertical padding, which will be described below.

Vertical Padding

A structure that describes vertical padding (that is, top and bottom padding) is called VerticalPad, which the Padding structure uses internally. The default padding is (0, 0) which represents the top and the bottom padding. It contains the following properties:

• Top: Top padding starting from 0

• Bottom: Bottom padding starting from 0

Horizontal Padding

A structure that describes horizontal padding (that is, left and right padding) is called HorizontalPad, which the Padding structure uses internally. The default padding is (0, 0) which represents the left and the right padding. It contains the following properties:

• Left: Left padding starting from 0

• Right: Right padding starting from 0

Margin

A structure that defines the margin of an element is called Margin. It specifies the width and the height of the element, which makes this struct a measurement structure. It measures the margin values according to the padding values given. It contains the following properties:

• Width: Processed width with margin padding applied

• Height: Processed height with margin padding applied

This allows you to store margin information in one variable without having to resort to tuples or multiple variables.

This structure is a group of two separate structures that describe both horizontal and vertical margins, which will be described below.

Vertical Margin

A structure that describes vertical margin is called VerticalPad, which the Margin structure uses internally. It's a measurement structure that returns a total height when both the top and the bottom margins are applied. It contains the following properties:

• Height: Processed height with margin padding applied

Horizontal Margin

A structure that describes horizontal margin is called HorizontalPad, which the Margin structure uses internally. It's a measurement structure that returns a total width when both the left and the right margins are applied. It contains the following properties:

• Width: Processed width with margin padding applied