Re: centering framed boxes

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
> Dear gang,
> 
> I need a way to overlay four framed boxes so that each inner box is exactly in 
> the center of its respective outer box. So far I have the following, but 
> careful inspection will show that the boxes are not precisely centered with 
> respect to each other. I could go on by trial and error but I'm sure there is 
> a direct way to do this.
> 
> The text should also be precisely centered between frames.
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> Idris
> =========================================================
> \setupoutput[pdftex]%
> 
> \setuppagenumbering[state=stop]
> \starttext
> 
> \setupfloats[location=middle]
> \placefigure
> [here][tab:enclosure]{4 Stages.}
> {
>  \midaligned{
>  \framed
>  [width=12\baselineskip,height=12\baselineskip,strut=yes]
>  {\midaligned{Stage 1}
>    \midaligned%
>    {\framed[width=9\baselineskip,height=9\baselineskip,strut=yes]
>      {\midaligned{Stage 2}
>        \midaligned%
>        {\framed[width=6\baselineskip,height=6\baselineskip,strut=yes]
>          {\midaligned{Stage 3}
>            \midaligned%
>            {\framed[width=3\baselineskip,height=3\baselineskip,strut=yes]
>             {\midaligned{Stage 4}}
>            }
>          \midaligned{\null}}%
>        }
>      \midaligned{\null}}%
>    }
>  \midaligned{\null}}
>  }
> }
> 
> \stoptext
\starttext

\definelayer[test][width=12\bodyfontsize,height=12\bodyfontsize]

\setlayerframed[test][preset=middle][width=12\bodyfontsize,height=12\bodyfontsize]{one}
\setlayerframed[test][preset=middle][width= 9\bodyfontsize,height= 
9\bodyfontsize]{two}
\setlayerframed[test][preset=middle][width= 6\bodyfontsize,height= 
6\bodyfontsize]{three}
\setlayerframed[test][preset=middle][width= 3\bodyfontsize,height= 
3\bodyfontsize]{four}

\tightlayer[test]

\stoptext


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