NAME

       Layout::Manager::Axis - Compass-like resizing managers

DESCRIPTION

       Axis is very similar to Compass with one exception:  Components added to the east and west
       consume space on the sides of of the north and south.

       Components at the north and south are resized when east and west components are added.

         +--------------------------------+
         |  x  |        north       |  x  |
         +-----+--------------------+-----+
         |     |                    |     |
         |  w  |                    |  e  |
         |  e  |       center       |  a  |
         |  s  |                    |  s  |
         |  t  |                    |  t  |
         |     |                    |     |
         +-----+--------------------+-----+
         |  x  |      south         |  x  |
         +--------------------------------+

       The x boxes above will effectively be dead-space.  No components will occupy those areas.

       Why, you ask?  Some components (such as axes on a chart, for which this manager is named)
       need to be the exact same hight or with as the center component. If the chart area is
       represented by the center area and an axis is positioned to the west, it needs to know how
       big the center is to accurately draw tick marks.

SYNOPSIS

         $cont->add_component($comp1, 'north');
         $cont->add_component($comp2, 'east');

         my $lm = Layout::Manager::Axis->new;
         $lm->do_layout($cont);

POSITIONING

       When you add a component with add_component the second argument should be one of: north,
       south, east, west or center.  Case doesn't matter.  You can also just provide the first
       letter of the word and it will do the same thing.

METHODS

   do_layout
       Size and position the components in this layout.

AUTHOR

       Cory Watson, "<gphat@cpan.org>"

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

       Copyright 2008 - 2010 Cory G Watson

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.