# BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection

Artifact: [androidx.compose.ui:ui](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui) [View Source](https://cs.android.com/search?q=file:androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.kt+class:androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection) Added in [1.2.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui#1.2.0) Common/AllAndroid/JVM
- Cmn

  ```
  value class BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection
  ```

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The direction (from the visible bounds) that a `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout` is requesting more items to be laid.

## Summary

| ### Public companion properties |
|---|---|---|
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection#Above()` Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items above the current bounds. | Cmn |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection#After()` Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items after the current bounds. | Cmn |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection#Before()` Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items before the current bounds. | Cmn |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection#Below()` Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items below the current bounds. | Cmn |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection#Left()` Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items to the left of the current bounds. | Cmn |
| `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection#Right()` Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items to the right of the current bounds. | Cmn |

| ### Public functions |
|---|---|---|
| `open https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html` | `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection#toString()()` | Cmn |

## Public companion properties

### Above

Cmn Added in [1.2.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui#1.2.0)

```
val Above: BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection
```

Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items above the current bounds.

### After

Cmn Added in [1.2.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui#1.2.0)

```
val After: BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection
```

Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items after the current bounds.

### Before

Cmn Added in [1.2.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui#1.2.0)

```
val Before: BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection
```

Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items before the current bounds.

### Below

Cmn Added in [1.2.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui#1.2.0)

```
val Below: BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection
```

Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items below the current bounds.

### Left

Cmn Added in [1.2.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui#1.2.0)

```
val Left: BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection
```

Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items to the left of the current bounds.

### Right

Cmn Added in [1.2.0](https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose-ui#1.2.0)

```
val Right: BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection
```

Direction used in `https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/ui/layout/BeyondBoundsLayout#layout(androidx.compose.ui.layout.BeyondBoundsLayout.LayoutDirection,kotlin.Function1)` to request the layout of extra items to the right of the current bounds.

## Public functions

### toString

Cmn

```
open fun toString(): String
```