feat: add StacIntrinsicHeight and StacIntrinsicWidth widgets

[akoflacko]

Motivation

A row/column with crossAxisAlignment: stretch sitting somewhere with an unbounded cross-axis extent (e.g. inside a horizontally scrolling singleChildScrollView that is itself inside a vertically scrolling list) has no finite size to stretch its children into, and layout fails with BoxConstraints forces an infinite height/width. Flutter solves this with IntrinsicHeight/IntrinsicWidth, which stac_core did not yet expose.

What's included

• stac_core: StacIntrinsicHeight, StacIntrinsicWidth models, WidgetType entries, widgets.dart exports.
• stac: StacIntrinsicHeightParser, StacIntrinsicWidthParser, registered in the default parser list.
• docs: widgets/intrinsic_height.mdx, widgets/intrinsic_width.mdx, nav entries in docs.json.
• stac_playground: gallery entries + DSL/JSON examples for both widgets, plus a dsl_to_json.dart whitelist update so the live editor preview recognizes the new constructors.
• tools/stac-vscode: added catalog entries for the two new widgets by hand rather than a full regen, since the committed widgetCatalog.ts was already out of sync with widgets.dart for a few unrelated widgets (StacDefaultNavigationController, StacNavigationBar, StacNavigationView) — happy to include that unrelated fix separately if useful.

Testing

• dart analyze clean on stac_core.
• flutter analyze clean on stac and stac_playground.
• dart run build_runner build generated the expected .g.dart files with no unrelated diffs.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added support for IntrinsicHeight and IntrinsicWidth layout widgets.
  • IntrinsicWidth supports configurable step width and height values.
  • Added JSON serialization and playground examples for both widgets.

• Documentation

  • Added usage guidance, properties, examples, performance notes, and interactive previews for both widgets.
  • Added both widgets to the layout widgets documentation navigation.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR adds IntrinsicHeight and IntrinsicWidth widget models, JSON serialization, Flutter parsers, playground examples, and documentation. It also registers both widgets in the parser service, public exports, widget types, playground catalog, and documentation navigation.

Changes

Intrinsic layout widgets

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Intrinsic widget models packages/stac_core/lib/foundation/specifications/widget_type.dart, packages/stac_core/lib/widgets/intrinsic_*/...	Adds widget type values and serializable StacIntrinsicHeight and StacIntrinsicWidth models. IntrinsicWidth supports stepWidth, stepHeight, and child.
Intrinsic widget parsing packages/stac/lib/src/framework/stac_service.dart, packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_intrinsic_*/...	Adds parsers that convert JSON models into Flutter IntrinsicHeight and IntrinsicWidth widgets and registers them with StacService.
Playground examples stac_playground/assets/json/intrinsic_*, stac_playground/lib/dsl/*, stac_playground/lib/data/...	Adds DSL and JSON examples, playground catalog entries, and JSON conversion support for both widgets.
Widget documentation docs/docs.json, docs/widgets/intrinsic_*.mdx	Adds navigation entries and documentation pages with properties, examples, performance warnings, and embedded playground previews.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 0099a

The new intrinsic layout widgets are registered and documented, but the IntrinsicHeight page includes a scrolling example that can fail at runtime. Correcting that example will prevent users from adopting an invalid layout composition.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant JSON as Widget JSON
  participant StacService
  participant Parser as IntrinsicWidthParser
  participant Flutter as IntrinsicWidth
  JSON->>StacService: provide intrinsicWidth JSON
  StacService->>Parser: select parser by widget type
  Parser->>Parser: deserialize StacIntrinsicWidth
  Parser->>Flutter: build with stepWidth, stepHeight, and child

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/widgets/intrinsic_height.mdx`:
- Around line 42-43: Update the scrolling example in the intrinsicHeight
documentation to describe an intrinsicHeight-wrapped row directly inside a
vertically scrolling singleChildScrollView, rather than a horizontally scrolling
view nested in a vertical list. Preserve the explanation that intrinsicHeight
provides the row’s finite height for crossAxisAlignment: stretch.

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📒 Files selected for processing (19)

• docs/docs.json
• docs/widgets/intrinsic_height.mdx
• docs/widgets/intrinsic_width.mdx
• packages/stac/lib/src/framework/stac_service.dart
• packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_intrinsic_height/stac_intrinsic_height_parser.dart
• packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/stac_intrinsic_width/stac_intrinsic_width_parser.dart
• packages/stac/lib/src/parsers/widgets/widgets.dart
• packages/stac_core/lib/foundation/specifications/widget_type.dart
• packages/stac_core/lib/widgets/intrinsic_height/stac_intrinsic_height.dart
• packages/stac_core/lib/widgets/intrinsic_height/stac_intrinsic_height.g.dart
• packages/stac_core/lib/widgets/intrinsic_width/stac_intrinsic_width.dart
• packages/stac_core/lib/widgets/intrinsic_width/stac_intrinsic_width.g.dart
• packages/stac_core/lib/widgets/widgets.dart
• stac_playground/assets/json/intrinsic_height_example.json
• stac_playground/assets/json/intrinsic_width_example.json
• stac_playground/lib/data/component_entries.dart
• stac_playground/lib/data/dsl_to_json.dart
• stac_playground/lib/dsl/intrinsic_height.dart
• stac_playground/lib/dsl/intrinsic_width.dart

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Thank you so for your contribution @akoflacko 💯 🎉