Improved shoes-iness; no longer need to pass clear blocks an element to parent to, todo: replace global var with something else.

lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/dsl.rb

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module CyberarmEngine
     end
 
     private def element_parent
-      self.is_a?(CyberarmEngine::Element::Container) ? self : @containers.last
+      $__current_container__
     end
 
     private def container(klass, options = {}, &block)
@@ -85,10 +85,13 @@ module CyberarmEngine
 
       _container = klass.new(options, block)
 
-      @containers << _container
+      old_parent = element_parent
+      $__current_container__ = _container
+
       _container.build
       _container.parent.add(_container)
-      @containers.pop
+
+      $__current_container__ = old_parent
 
       return _container
     end

lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/container.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ module CyberarmEngine
   class Element
     class Container < Element
       include Common
-      include CyberarmEngine::DSL
 
       attr_accessor :stroke_color, :fill_color
       attr_reader :children, :gui_state
@@ -35,8 +34,13 @@ module CyberarmEngine
       def clear(&block)
         @children.clear
 
+        old_container = $__current_container__
+
+        $__current_container__ = self
         block.call(self) if block
 
+        $__current_container__ = old_container
+
         recalculate
         root.gui_state.request_recalculate
       end

lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/gui_state.rb

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module CyberarmEngine
 
       @root_container = Element::Stack.new(gui_state: self)
       @game_objects << @root_container
-      @containers     = [@root_container]
+      $__current_container__ = @root_container
 
       @active_width  = window.width
       @active_height = window.height