From 0c3872f1c5105153ebb0368e83e8b72cb68b8b34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh McKinney <joshka@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:56:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add Rect::outer() (#1929)

Fixes: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui/issues/211
---
 ratatui-core/src/layout/rect.rs | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ratatui-core/src/layout/rect.rs b/ratatui-core/src/layout/rect.rs
index cc8b22bd..34b58afe 100644
--- a/ratatui-core/src/layout/rect.rs
+++ b/ratatui-core/src/layout/rect.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,34 @@ impl Rect {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Returns a new `Rect` outside the current one, with the given margin applied on each side.
+    ///
+    /// If the margin causes the `Rect`'s bounds to outsdie the range of a `u16`, the `Rect` will
+    /// be truncated to keep the bounds within `u16`. This will cause the size of the `Rect` to
+    /// change.
+    ///
+    /// The generated `Rect` may not fit inside the buffer or containing area, so it consider
+    /// constraining the resulting `Rect` with [`Rect::clamp`] before using it.
+    #[must_use = "method returns the modified value"]
+    pub const fn outer(self, margin: Margin) -> Self {
+        let x = self.x.saturating_sub(margin.horizontal);
+        let y = self.y.saturating_sub(margin.vertical);
+        let width = self
+            .right()
+            .saturating_add(margin.horizontal)
+            .saturating_sub(x);
+        let height = self
+            .bottom()
+            .saturating_add(margin.vertical)
+            .saturating_sub(y);
+        Self {
+            x,
+            y,
+            width,
+            height,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Moves the `Rect` without modifying its size.
     ///
     /// Moves the `Rect` according to the given offset without modifying its [`width`](Rect::width)
@@ -511,6 +539,27 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn outer() {
+        // enough space to grow on all sides
+        assert_eq!(
+            Rect::new(100, 200, 10, 20).outer(Margin::new(20, 30)),
+            Rect::new(80, 170, 50, 80)
+        );
+
+        // left / top saturation should truncate the size (10 less on left / top)
+        assert_eq!(
+            Rect::new(10, 20, 10, 20).outer(Margin::new(20, 30)),
+            Rect::new(0, 0, 40, 70),
+        );
+
+        // right / bottom saturation should truncate the size (10 less on bottom / right)
+        assert_eq!(
+            Rect::new(u16::MAX - 20, u16::MAX - 40, 10, 20).outer(Margin::new(20, 30)),
+            Rect::new(u16::MAX - 40, u16::MAX - 70, 40, 70),
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn offset() {
         assert_eq!(