diff --git a/examples/verticalLayout/main.go b/examples/verticalLayout/main.go
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+++ b/examples/verticalLayout/main.go
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+package main
+
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/elements/basic"
+import "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/elements/layouts"
+import _ "git.tebibyte.media/sashakoshka/tomo/backends/x"
+
+func main () {
+	tomo.Run(run)
+}
+
+func run () {
+	window, _ := tomo.NewWindow(2, 2)
+	window.SetTitle("vertical stack")
+
+	layout := layouts.NewVertical(true, true)
+	window.Adopt(layout)
+
+	layout.Adopt(basic.NewLabel("it is a label hehe"))
+	layout.Adopt(basic.NewButton("yeah"), false)
+	layout.Adopt(button := basic.NewButton("wow"), false)
+	
+	window.OnClose(tomo.Stop)
+	window.Show()
+}