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When a paragraph contains glyphs that extend beyond the bounds of the paragraph, they used to be cutoff. With this PR, we take glyph actual bounds into account when painting the paragraph.

This happens with the italic style when the last glyph is slanted beyond the width of the paragraph. It also happens with certain fonts that have very tall glyphs (example: Homemade Apple).

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web_paragraph paint_overflows web_paragraph paint_overflows

Part of #172561

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This pull request implements paint overflow calculations for WebParagraph to ensure glyphs are fully rendered. Key changes include the addition of calculatePaintOverflows in TextLayout, the introduction of actualBoundingBox metrics in TextLine and TextBlock, and updates to DomCanvasParagraphPainter to incorporate these overflows. The PR also refactors bounding box logic and cleans up the WebCluster interface. Feedback indicates that PlaceholderBlock should also update actualBoundingBox metrics in updateBoundingBox to prevent incorrect overflow calculations for lines consisting solely of placeholders.

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} else if (block is PlaceholderBlock) {
fontBoundingBoxAscent = math.max(fontBoundingBoxAscent, block.ascent);
fontBoundingBoxDescent = math.max(fontBoundingBoxDescent, block.descent);

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For PlaceholderBlock, we should also update the actualBoundingBox metrics. While placeholders typically don't have glyphs that overflow their advance, they still contribute to the overall bounds of the line. If a line contains only a placeholder, the current logic will leave actualBoundingBoxAscent and actualBoundingBoxDescent at 0.0, which might lead to incorrect overflow calculations in calculatePaintOverflows if the placeholder is tall.

    } else if (block is PlaceholderBlock) {
      fontBoundingBoxAscent = math.max(fontBoundingBoxAscent, block.ascent);
      fontBoundingBoxDescent = math.max(fontBoundingBoxDescent, block.descent);
      actualBoundingBoxAscent = math.max(actualBoundingBoxAscent, block.ascent);
      actualBoundingBoxDescent = math.max(actualBoundingBoxDescent, block.descent);
      actualBoundingBoxLeft = math.min(actualBoundingBoxLeft, 0.0);
      actualBoundingBoxRight = math.max(actualBoundingBoxRight, block.width);
    } else {

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Yes, I agree with Gemini in this case.

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Placeholders have no effect on the paint bounds of the paragraph. The paragraph doesn't paint the placeholder, so there's no reason to include placeholders in the paint bounds.

I'll add a comment explaining this in the code.

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// `advance.left` is always zero.
left: advance.left,
baseline: advance.top + fontBoundingBoxAscent,
baseline: baseline,

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The reason I went for top + ascent is that I didn't want to measure the baseline from the top of the paragraph. Usually the baseline is measured from the top of the owner - in this case, the line.
It works either way, it's just a misnomer. Unfamiliar people may be confused a little.

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The exact meaning of this property is documented: https://api.flutter.dev/flutter/dart-ui/LineMetrics/baseline.html

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} else if (block is PlaceholderBlock) {
fontBoundingBoxAscent = math.max(fontBoundingBoxAscent, block.ascent);
fontBoundingBoxDescent = math.max(fontBoundingBoxDescent, block.descent);

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Yes, I agree with Gemini in this case.

line.fontBoundingBoxAscent - block.rawFontBoundingBoxAscent,
);
// For text and shadows we need to shift to the start of the span
_paintContext.translate(block.spanShiftFromLineStart, 0);

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Notice that this shift is happening in all the cases. You can move it out of the switch and one once before.

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It's not the same as decorations.

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}

typedef PaintOverflows = ({double left, double top, double right, double bottom});

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Why not use ui.Rect? Just a question.

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What I'm measuring is not really a Rect. It's like a padding on each direction. Let me see if I can change it so that it's an actual bounds rect.

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When a paragraph contains glyphs that extend beyond the bounds of the
paragraph, they used to be cutoff. With this PR, we take glyph actual
bounds into account when painting the paragraph.

This happens with the italic style when the last glyph is slanted beyond
the width of the paragraph. It also happens with certain fonts that have
very tall glyphs (example: [Homemade
Apple](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Homemade+Apple)).

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