terminalgui/section.cs

using System;

namespace sections
{
public class Section {
        string _name;
        int _x;
        int _y;
        int _padding;
        public bool isCentered;
        Section _toRight;
        Section _toTop;
        Section _toLeft;

        string _value;

        public Section(){
            _name = nameof(this);
            _x = 0;
            _y = 0;
            _padding = 2;
            _value = "";
            _toLeft = null;
            _toRight = null;
            _toTop = null;
        }
        public Section (int x, int y, int padding = 2) {
            _name = nameof(this);
            _x = x;
            _y = y;
            _value = "This value was not set.";
            _padding = padding;
            _toLeft = null;
            _toRight = null;
            _toTop = null;
        }


        public int Width {
            get {
                // |padding|content|padding|
                return _padding + _value.Length + _padding;
            }
        }

        public void SetToBottomOf(Section section){
            _toTop = section;
        }
        public void SetToLeftOf(Section section){
            _toRight = section;
        }
        public void SetToRightOf(Section section) {
            _toLeft = section;
        }

        public int X {
            get {
                int output = 0;
                if (isCentered) {
                    output = (int)(Console.WindowWidth - Width - 2 * _padding)/3;
                    } else {
                    if (_x != 0) {
                        output = _x;
                    } else {
                        if (_toLeft != null) {
                            output =  _toLeft.Right + _padding;
                        }
                }
                }
                return output;
            } set {
                _x = value;
            }
        }

        public int Y {
            get {
                int output = 0;
                if (_y != 0) {
                    output = _y;
                } else { 
                    if (_toTop != null) {
                        output = _toTop.Bottom + _padding;
                    } else {
                        if (_toLeft != null) {
                            output = _toLeft.Y;
                        }
                    }
                }
                return output;
            } set {
                _y = value;
            }
        }
        
        private string[] Output {
            get {
                string[] outputString;
                string buffer = "";
                bool isMultiLine = false;
                int colsFromAllowedEdge = Console.WindowWidth - X - _padding;
                for (int i = 0; i < _value.Length; i++) {
                    if (i < 0 && colsFromAllowedEdge % i == 0) {
                        buffer += '|';
                        isMultiLine = true;
                    }
                    buffer += _value[i];
                }
                if (isMultiLine) {
                    outputString = buffer.Split("|");
                } else{
                    if (_value != "") {
                        outputString = new string[] {buffer};
                    } else {
                        outputString = new string[] {"this value was not set."};
                    }
                }
                return outputString;

            }
        }


        public void Write() {
            int offset = 0;
            foreach (string line in Output) {
                Console.SetCursorPosition(X, Y + offset);
                Console.Write(line);
                offset++;
            }
        }
        public int Top {
            get {
                int output = 0;
                if (_y != 0) {
                    output = _y - _padding;
                } else {
                    output = _toTop.Bottom + _padding;
                }
                return output;
            } set {
                _y = value;
            }
        }

        public int Right {
            get {
                return X + Output[0].Length + _padding;
                }
            }
        public int Bottom {
            get {
                return Y + Output.Length + _padding;
                }
            }
        }
    }