From 12bb5346e893187e51476979e970f371e1d52707 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: metacryst <samrussell99@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:54:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] stack state working (when top-level parent)

---
 Test/state/state.test.js | 16 ++++----
 index.js                 | 79 +++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Test/state/state.test.js b/Test/state/state.test.js
index f124ab7..abaa5fc 100644
--- a/Test/state/state.test.js
+++ b/Test/state/state.test.js
@@ -52,20 +52,22 @@ window.testSuites.push( class testState {
 
             render() {
                 VStack(() => {
-                    let asd = this.state.logs.length * 2
-                    p("hi")
-                        .fontSize(asd, vw)
+                    this.state.logs.forEach((log) => {
+                        p(log)
+                    })
                 })
                 .onAppear(() => {
-                    this.state.logs = ["one", "two"]
+                    this.state.logs.push("one")
+                    this.state.logs.push("two")
                 })
             }
         }
 
         register(Home, randomName("home"))
         window.Home()
-        
-        if(!($("p").style.fontSize === "4vw")) return "state did not update!"
-    }
 
+        if(!$("p")) return "no p's rendered"
+        if($$("p")[0].innerText !== "one") return "state did not update!"
+        if($$("p")[1].innerText !== "two") return "state did not update!"
+    }
 })
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e089540..6628098 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -553,12 +553,6 @@ HTMLElement.prototype.fontSize = StyleFunction(function(value, unit = "px") {
     return this
 })
 
-function checkPositionType(el) {
-    let computed = window.getComputedStyle(el).position
-    if(!(computed === "absolute" || computed === "fixed")) {
-        el.style.position = "absolute"
-    }
-}
 
 HTMLElement.prototype.width = function(value, unit = "px") {
     if ((typeof value !== 'number' && value !== "auto") || Number.isNaN(value))
@@ -580,6 +574,13 @@ HTMLElement.prototype.height = function(value, unit = "px") {
     return this
 }
 
+function checkPositionType(el) {
+    let computed = window.getComputedStyle(el).position
+    if(!(computed === "absolute" || computed === "fixed")) {
+        el.style.position = "absolute"
+    }
+}
+
 HTMLElement.prototype.x = function(value, unit = "px") {
     if (typeof value !== 'number' || isNaN(value))
         throw new Error(`Invalid value: ${value}. Expected a number.`);
@@ -821,61 +822,47 @@ window.textarea = function(placeholder = "") {
 
 /* STACKS */
 
-window.VStack = function (cb = () => {}) {
-    let styles =   `
-        display: flex;
-        flex-direction: column;
-    `
+handleStack = function(cb, name, styles="") {
     let nowRendering = quill.rendering[quill.rendering.length-1]
     if (nowRendering.innerHTML.trim() === "" && !quill.isStack(nowRendering)) {
         nowRendering.style.cssText += styles
-        nowRendering.classList.add("VStack")
+        nowRendering.classList.add(name)
         cb()
+        if(quill.lastState) {
+            nowRendering.addStateWatcher(quill.lastState, () => {
+                nowRendering.innerHTML = ""
+                cb()
+            })
+        }
         return nowRendering
+    } else {
+        let div = document.createElement("div")
+        div.classList.add(name)
+        div.style.cssText += styles
+        div.render = cb
+        quill.render(div)
+        return div
     }
+}
 
-    let div = document.createElement("div")
-    div.classList.add("VStack")
-    div.style.cssText += styles
-    div.render = cb
-    quill.render(div)
-    return div
+window.VStack = function (cb = () => {}) {
+    let styles = `
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+    `
+    return handleStack(cb, "VStack", styles)
 }
 
 window.HStack = function (cb = () => {}) {
     let styles = `
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: row;
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: row;
     `;
-    let nowRendering = quill.rendering[quill.rendering.length - 1];
-    if (nowRendering.innerHTML.trim() === "" && !quill.isStack(nowRendering)) {
-        nowRendering.style.cssText += styles;
-        nowRendering.classList.add("HStack")
-        cb();
-        return nowRendering;
-    }
-
-    let div = document.createElement("div");
-    div.classList.add("HStack");
-    div.style.cssText += styles;
-    div.render = cb;
-    quill.render(div);
-    return div;
+    return handleStack(cb, "HStack", styles)
 };
 
 window.ZStack = function (cb = () => {}) {
-    let nowRendering = quill.rendering[quill.rendering.length - 1];
-    if (nowRendering.innerHTML.trim() === "" && !quill.isStack(nowRendering)) {
-        nowRendering.classList.add("ZStack")
-        cb();
-        return nowRendering;
-    }
-
-    let div = document.createElement("div");
-    div.classList.add("ZStack");
-    div.render = cb;
-    quill.render(div);
-    return div;
+    return handleStack(cb, "ZStack")
 };
 
 /* SHAPES */