{
  "$schema": "../_schema.json",
  "format": "pptx",
  "element": "slidelayout",
  "parent": "slidemaster",
  "container": true,
  "operations": {
    "add": true,
    "set": true,
    "get": true,
    "query": true,
    "remove": true
  },
  "paths": {
    "positional": [
      "/slidemaster[N]/slidelayout[M]",
      "/slidelayout[M]",
      "/slidemaster[N]/slidelayout[M]/shape[K]",
      "/slidelayout[M]/shape[K]"
    ]
  },
  "note": "Slide layout definition. Referenced by slides via the 'layout' property. The layout part itself is read-only (created by templates), but its shape tree accepts add/set/remove via /slidelayout[N]/shape[K] (or the nested /slidemaster[N]/slidelayout[M]/shape[K] form) — same property surface as slide shapes. A layout shape appears on every slide that uses that layout. Access via path /slidelayout[N]; 'help pptx slidelayout' is the canonical lookup — 'layout' is not accepted as an element alias.",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "layout display name (e.g. 'Title Slide').",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "readback": "layout name string",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "background": {
      "type": "color",
      "description": "layout background — propagates to every slide bound to this layout unless the slide overrides. Accepts hex color (#FF6600), bare hex (FF6600), theme color (accent1/dark1/...), gradient (`C1-C2[-angle]`), image (`image:/path`), or `none` to clear (re-inherits from the owning master).",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": true,
      "examples": ["--prop background=FF6600", "--prop background=accent1", "--prop background=FF0000-0000FF-90", "--prop background=image:/path/to/bg.png", "--prop background=none"],
      "readback": "resolved background descriptor (hex, scheme name, gradient form, or `image`)",
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "background.alpha":  { "type": "number", "add": false, "set": true,  "get": true, "description": "layout background fill alpha as percent (0..100). Settable on an existing image background; surfaces on get when the resolved fill carries an alpha channel.", "readback": "integer percent 0..100", "enforcement": "report" },
    "background.crop":   { "type": "string", "add": false, "set": false, "get": true, "description": "layout background image crop quad in `l,t,r,b` percent units.", "readback": "comma-separated `l,t,r,b` quad", "enforcement": "report" },
    "background.mode":   { "type": "string", "add": false, "set": true,  "get": true, "description": "layout background image fill mode — `stretch` (default), `tile`, or `center`. Settable on an existing image background; emitted on get only when non-default.", "readback": "`tile` | `center`", "enforcement": "report" },
    "background.ref":    { "type": "number", "add": false, "set": false, "get": true, "description": "theme background reference index — bgRef/@idx when the layout inherits from the theme.", "readback": "integer theme bg ref id", "enforcement": "report" },
    "background.scale":  { "type": "number", "add": false, "set": true,  "get": true, "description": "tile-fill scale percent (sx, both axes), 1..500. Settable on an existing image background with background.mode=tile; surfaces on get with background.mode=tile.", "readback": "integer percent", "enforcement": "report" },
    "direction": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "default reading direction. Cascades `<a:pPr rtl=\"1\"/>` onto every placeholder paragraph in this layout, and stamps the owning master's txStyles Level1 default (since blank layouts have no placeholders for inheriting shapes to probe). Accepts `ltr`/`rtl` or boolean for the `rtl` alias.",
      "add": false, "set": true, "get": false,
      "aliases": ["dir", "rtl"],
      "examples": ["--prop direction=rtl"],
      "enforcement": "report"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "layout type (title, obj, twoObj, etc.).",
      "add": false, "set": false, "get": true,
      "readback": "SlideLayoutValues.InnerText",
      "enforcement": "report"
    }
  },
  "children": [
    { "element": "shape", "pathSegment": "shape", "cardinality": "0..n" }
  ]
}