Function normalizeAndCompact

client/src/modules/autoLayout.js:49–66

(items, bpCols)

}

function normalizeAndCompact(items, bpCols) {
  const normalized = cloneItems(items).map((it) => clampItemToGrid(it, bpCols));
  // Stable order by y, then x, then i to make deterministic
  normalized.sort((a, b) => (a.y - b.y) || (a.x - b.x) || `${a.i}`.localeCompare(`${b.i}`));

  const placed = [];
  normalized.forEach((it) => {
    const candidate = placeGreedy(it, placed, bpCols);
    placed.push(candidate);
  });

  // Final stable sort
  placed.sort((a, b) => (a.y - b.y) || (a.x - b.x) || `${a.i}`.localeCompare(`${b.i}`));

  // Stretch trailing gaps on each row so the last item fills row end
  const stretched = stretchTrailingGaps(placed, bpCols);
  return stretched;
}

function placeGreedy(item, placed, bpCols) {
  const clamped = clampItemToGrid(item, bpCols);