SwiftUI Custom ScrollView - HStack wider than screen

Question

If I have a view like this:

HStack {
  ForEach(0..<10) { i in
    Text("Item \(i)").frame(width: 200, height: 200).background(.red)
  }
}

The HStack has a wider width than the screen, and the content shown is center-aligned. That is to say, I can see "Item 4" and "Item 5" on-screen. Is there a way to tell SwiftUI in this case to align the extra-wide view such that the left edge of the view is at the left edge of the screen? I.e., I see "Item 0" and "Item 1" instead of 4 and 5.

The motivation is building a ScrollView with some fancy functionality.

One way to resolve this is to wrap it inside GeometryReader. That's not ideal, since it requires the vertical height to be explicitly specified.

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Asperi · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-22 05:14:29Z

1

A possible approach is to give a container for alignment (because by default the view is centered)

    Color.clear.overlay(   // << like clip view actually
        HStack {
            ForEach(0..<10) { i in
                Text("Item \(i)").frame(width: 200, height: 200).background(.red)
            }
        }
    , alignment: .leading)   // << here !!
    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: 200)

answered Apr 22, 2022 at 5:14

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CaptainStiggz Over a year ago

This is great, but you still have to specify the height of the container, right? Similar to the GeometryReader, since this is an overlay, you need to tell the container what its height should be. Not IDEAL, but workable.

Asperi Over a year ago

Well, actually detectable height is a different question, but you can always detect it dynamically and transfer to parent by preferences to limit container height. See this one for example stackoverflow.com/a/62451599/12299030.

Taimoor Arif · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-22 07:27:44Z

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The issue is you are giving fixed width that causes the issue. You can remove width:

HStack {
  ForEach(0..<10) { i in
    Text("Item \(i)").frame(height: 200).background(.red)
  }
}

Or you can use:

HStack {
  ForEach(0..<10) { i in
    Text("Item \(i)").frame(maxWidth: valueYouWant, maxHeight: valueYouWant).background(.red)
  }
}

answered Apr 22, 2022 at 7:27

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