Re: Window component order

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: John Yates <john@yates-sheets.org>
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 12:07:00 -0400
> 
> Including a possible mode-line at top, is this the
> proper top to bottom ordering of components?
> (I understand, that config setting will influence
> which components are actually present.)
> 
>     Top mode line
>     Tab line
>     Header line
>     Text area
>     Bottom mode line
>     Horizontal scroll bar
>     Bottom window divider
> 
> Similarly, is this the proper left to right ordering
> of components?
> 
>     Grabbable left vertical border
>     Vertical scroll bar on left
>     Left fringe
>     Left margin
>     Text area
>     Right margin
>     Right fringe
>     Vertical scroll bar on right
>     Right window divider
>     Grabbable right vertical border

You have the geometry in the ELisp manual, in the "Basic Windows"
node.

I think you are right, with the following 2 exceptions:

  . horizontal scroll-bar is above the mode-line, not below
  . fringes could be inside or outside the margins