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<function name="ChildrenSize" parent="Panel" type="classfunc">⤶ <description>Returns the width and height of the space between the position of the panel (upper-left corner) and the max bound of the children panels (farthest reaching lower-right corner).</description>⤶ <realm>Client</realm>⤶ <rets>⤶ <ret name="" type="number">The children size width.</ret>⤶ <ret name="" type="number">The children size height.</ret>⤶ </rets>⤶ </function>⤶ ⤶ <example>⤶ <description>⤶ Creates a recursively generated box of panels where the size of each panel is determined by the parent panel's children size + 10x10 pixels.⤶ ⤶ Also they flash bluish colors, just for good measure.⤶ </description>⤶ <code>⤶ -- Parent panel⤶ BGPanel = vgui.Create("DPanel")⤶ BGPanel:SetSize(200, 200)⤶ BGPanel:Center()⤶ ⤶ local panel, child_size_w, child_size_h = nil, 0, 0⤶ ⤶ -- Create increasingly large blocks until children size exceeds the size of the panel⤶ while(BGPanel:ChildrenSize() &amp;lt; BGPanel:GetSize()) do⤶ ⤶ child_w, child_h = BGPanel:ChildrenSize()⤶ ⤶ panel = vgui.Create("DPanel", BGPanel)⤶ panel:SetPos(0, 0)⤶ ⤶ -- Increase size based on the children size⤶ panel:SetSize(child_w+10, child_h+10)⤶ ⤶ -- Random bluish color every frame⤶ function panel:PerformLayout()⤶ self:InvalidateLayout() -- Call this again next frame⤶ self:SetBackgroundColor(Color(math.random(0, 255), 255, math.random(0, 255)))⤶ end⤶ ⤶ -- Move to back so we can see the effect⤶ panel:MoveToBack()⤶ ⤶ end⤶ </code>⤶ <output></output>⤶ ⤶ </example>

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