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Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things (tonsky.me)
submitted 6 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/programming@programming.dev
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[โ€“] AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As a computer science problem it ends at position = window center / 2 - object width / 2

[โ€“] Trollception@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Is not always this simple though. If the window has yet to be spawned in some languages the width will be unavailable, until after. Sometimes the window can be seen before it moves to the center which is a bit jarring.