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We support the possibility for a border node to only be authorized on some of the sides of its parent. It would be nice to distinguish "prefered" sides among the ones that are authorized. For example we could say a certain type of border node CAN appear on the top or on the left of its parent, but SHOULD be put on the top in priority (notably for the initial automatic placement and for the auto-layout), and only "spill" to the left side if there is no more room at the top. Of course the end-user can always manually decide of the placement (as long as it stays on the authorized sides).
In my opinion to choose a prefered side is much more important than selecting authorized sides. It defines how the initial automatic placement should work. That is what normally is needed (at least in my apllication) and leaves the responsibility to the user, if the user decides to manually change the placement.
