diff --git a/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/TangibleContentManager.java b/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/TangibleContentManager.java
index 82a3b44ca3238c4d571761b514e39b8f2e6725f0..9f94a733e69f938b569c516b9594643e3dea06fb 100644
--- a/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/TangibleContentManager.java
+++ b/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/TangibleContentManager.java
@@ -135,4 +135,6 @@ public abstract class TangibleContentManager implements ContentEventListener {
             content.initialise();
         }
     }
+
+
 }
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diff --git a/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/space/SpatialPositioningManager.java b/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/space/SpatialPositioningManager.java
index 125d8514de0283610e3a25fa5c0e9bcad07114b6..b05c0cd3f30e9e316f7ff7d29ac4e02e659c7ac8 100644
--- a/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/space/SpatialPositioningManager.java
+++ b/TULIP/src/lu/list/itis/dkd/tui/space/SpatialPositioningManager.java
@@ -270,6 +270,11 @@ public class SpatialPositioningManager implements SpatialEventListener {
         return widgets;
     }
 
+    public List<TangibleObject> getObjectToLeftOf(BaseWidget widget) {
+        return spatialMatrix.leftOf(TangibleObjectManager.getIdentifier(widget));
+
+    }
+
     /**
      * Method for returning a list of widgets that are to the right of a given widget. The method
      * either returns all objects no matter their alignment with this widget, or only returns