From f1a77361fb371da0aed078f762189efa95194863 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will McGugan <willmcgugan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:22:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] shortcuts in constructor

---
 examples/calculator.py      |  8 ++------
 src/textual/layouts/grid.py | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/calculator.py b/examples/calculator.py
index e0f76872f..ef3eb04cb 100644
--- a/examples/calculator.py
+++ b/examples/calculator.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class GridTest(App):
 
     async def on_startup(self, event: events.Startup) -> None:
 
-        layout = GridLayout()
+        layout = GridLayout(gap=1, gutter=1, align=("center", "center"))
         await self.push_view(View(layout=layout))
 
         layout.add_column(name="col", max_size=20, repeat=4)
@@ -32,9 +32,5 @@ class GridTest(App):
             equals=Placeholder(name="="),
         )
 
-        layout.set_gap(1)
-        layout.set_gutter(1)
-        layout.set_align("center", "center")
 
-
-GridTest.run(title="Calculator Test")
\ No newline at end of file
+GridTest.run(title="Calculator Test")
diff --git a/src/textual/layouts/grid.py b/src/textual/layouts/grid.py
index 13c7e69c5..af1c358e3 100644
--- a/src/textual/layouts/grid.py
+++ b/src/textual/layouts/grid.py
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ class GridArea(NamedTuple):
 
 
 class GridLayout(Layout):
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        gap: tuple[int, int] | int | None = None,
+        gutter: tuple[int, int] | int | None = None,
+        align: tuple[GridAlign, GridAlign] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
         self.columns: list[GridOptions] = []
         self.rows: list[GridOptions] = []
         self.areas: dict[str, GridArea] = {}
@@ -52,6 +57,21 @@ class GridLayout(Layout):
         self.column_gutter: int = 0
         self.row_gutter: int = 0
 
+        if gap is not None:
+            if isinstance(gap, tuple):
+                self.set_gap(*gap)
+            else:
+                self.set_gap(gap)
+
+        if gutter is not None:
+            if isinstance(gutter, tuple):
+                self.set_gutter(*gutter)
+            else:
+                self.set_gutter(gutter)
+
+        if align is not None:
+            self.set_align(*align)
+
         super().__init__()
 
     def add_column(