External Named Layout - from package

Describe the problem

The new [e-mail] syntax looks cool.

I have a thought to expand or refute: Support for a layout, loaded externally, from a package.

Describe the proposed solution

You install the npm i packagename package that contains the layout file. You use this layout via the package name, for example: [e-mail]. That’s it. 😃

You could also add a built-in, external layout in SvelteKit, e.g. to reset __layout-reset.svelte: Then use for reset [e-mail], so you won’t need to create an empty __layout-root.svelte, containing the <slot/> itself (as recommended in the SvelteKit documentation).

Alternatives considered

1. adder containing the layout.

2. wrapper in __layout.svelte with imported component:

<script>.
Import packagename from "packagename";
</script>
<Packagename><slot/></Packagename>

…Such a thing doesn’t work, because in Packagename you can’t, for example, provide a load function.

Importance

would make my life easier

Additional Information

Such a thing would be part of a broader thinking about external modules, as related - https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/issues/3723

[dummdidumm]

Closing as it sounds we agree that this is too specific to be worth the additional maintenance, and the “workaround” is to just import the package’s component, together with a library-provided load function and do something like this:

<script>
  import Layout, { libraryLoad } from 'package';
  export const load = libraryLoad;
</script>

<Layout>
  <slot />
<Layout>

[lukaszpolowczyk]

@Rich-Harris Well tough, at least I got the idea out of my head. I don’t have any better arguments to convince you of this idea.