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Automatically set `LayoutOrder` when it's not specified by host instance props

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua, react
Domain
frontend

Research direction

The issue names ReactRoblox host instance props, LayoutOrder, and the existing createNextOrder approach, but no files or tests. Start by locating ReactRoblox's host-prop handling and determine which instances and defaulting rules are in scope; the work is done when unspecified LayoutOrder values are assigned without overriding developer-provided values.

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Description

enhancement good first issue

As flex layout rolls out across Roblox, setting LayoutOrder on every single UI element is going to get quite cumbersome. Solutions like createNextOrder exist but are still quite verbose. Ideally, ReactRoblox would support setting this property for relevant instances when it's not specified by the developer.

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