From 2fa03f9a6c5829af26d181087668586b33803179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Ernerfeldt <emilernerfeldt@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2020 10:59:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [window] improve automatic window positions

---
 egui/src/containers/area.rs | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/egui/src/containers/area.rs b/egui/src/containers/area.rs
index 1962ab11..64f05dbe 100644
--- a/egui/src/containers/area.rs
+++ b/egui/src/containers/area.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,18 @@ fn automatic_area_position(ctx: &Context) -> Pos2 {
         }
     }
 
+    {
+        // Look for large spaces between columns (empty columns):
+        let mut x = left;
+        for col_bb in &column_bbs {
+            let available = col_bb.left() - x;
+            if available >= 300.0 {
+                return pos2(x, top);
+            }
+            x = col_bb.right() + spacing;
+        }
+    }
+
     // Find first column with some available space at the bottom of it:
     for col_bb in &column_bbs {
         if col_bb.bottom() < ctx.input().screen_size.y * 0.5 {