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diff --git a/gallery/test_yrel.typ b/gallery/test_yrel.typ
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36a2cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery/test_yrel.typ
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Demonstrates the `(rel: <number>, to: <anchor>)` shorthand for the `y`
+// parameter (analogous to the existing shorthand for `x`).
+#import "/src/lib.typ": circuit, element, util, wire
+
+#set page(width: auto, height: auto, margin: .5cm)
+
+#circuit({
+  // Anchor block: absolute placement.
+  element.block(
+    x: 0, y: 0, w: 2, h: 1.5,
+    id: "A",
+    fill: util.colors.orange,
+    ports: (east: ((id: "out"),))
+  )
+
+  // X relative, Y absolute (existing feature).
+  element.block(
+    x: (rel: 1, to: "A.east"), y: 0, w: 2, h: 1.5,
+    id: "B",
+    fill: util.colors.yellow,
+    ports: (west: ((id: "in"),), east: ((id: "out"),))
+  )
+
+  // Both X and Y relative to another element's anchor (new feature).
+  element.block(
+    x: (rel: 1, to: "B.east"),
+    y: (rel: 2, to: "B.south-west"),
+    w: 2, h: 1.5,
+    id: "C",
+    fill: util.colors.green,
+    ports: (west: ((id: "in"),))
+  )
+
+  // Y relative only, X absolute.
+  element.block(
+    x: 0,
+    y: (rel: -2.5, to: "A.south-west"),
+    w: 2, h: 1.5,
+    id: "D",
+    fill: util.colors.blue,
+    ports: (east: ((id: "out"),))
+  )
+
+  wire.wire("wAB", ("A-port-out", "B-port-in"))
+  wire.wire("wBC", ("B-port-out", "C-port-in"), style: "zigzag")
+})
diff --git a/manual.pdf b/manual.pdf
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diff --git a/manual.typ b/manual.typ
index ebe0c88..f1cfa11 100644
--- a/manual.typ
+++ b/manual.typ
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#import "@preview/tidy:0.4.1"
+#import "@preview/tidy:0.4.3"
 #import "/src/cetz.typ": draw, canvas
 #import "src/lib.typ"
 #import "doc/examples.typ"
diff --git a/src/cetz.typ b/src/cetz.typ
index 980a619..adb796c 100644
--- a/src/cetz.typ
+++ b/src/cetz.typ
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#import "@preview/cetz:0.3.4": *
\ No newline at end of file
+#import "@preview/cetz:0.5.2": *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/circuit.typ b/src/circuit.typ
index f89389f..958fa6e 100644
--- a/src/circuit.typ
+++ b/src/circuit.typ
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #import "/src/cetz.typ": canvas
-#import "@preview/tidy:0.3.0"
+#import "@preview/tidy:0.4.3"
 
 /// Draws a block circuit diagram
 ///
diff --git a/src/elements/element.typ b/src/elements/element.typ
index 09adfd3..92bc853 100644
--- a/src/elements/element.typ
+++ b/src/elements/element.typ
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 ///   If it is a dictionary, it should be in the format `(rel: number, to: str)`, where `rel` is the offset and `to` the base anchor
 /// - y (number, dictionary): The y position (bottom-left corner).
 ///
-///   If it is a dictionary, it should be in the format `(from: str, to: str)`, where `from` is the base anchor and `to` is the id of the port to align with the anchor
+///   If it is a dictionary, it can take one of two forms:
+///     - `(rel: number, to: str)`: `rel` is the y offset and `to` the base anchor (analogous to `x`)
+///     - `(from: str, to: str)`: `from` is the base anchor and `to` is the id of the port to align with the anchor
 /// - w (number): Width of the element
 /// - h (number): Height of the element
 /// - name (none, str): Optional name of the block
@@ -74,13 +76,12 @@
   if h == none { panic("Parameter h must be set") }
 
   if (type(x) == dictionary) {
-    let offset = x.rel
-    let to = x.to
-    let (ctx, to-pos) = coordinate.resolve(ctx, (rel: (offset, 0), to: to))
-    x = to-pos.at(0)
+    x = util.resolve-rel-coord(ctx, x, 0)
   }
   
-  if (type(y) == dictionary) {
+  if (type(y) == dictionary and "rel" in y) {
+    y = util.resolve-rel-coord(ctx, y, 1)
+  } else if (type(y) == dictionary) {
     let from = y.from
     let to = y.to
     let (to-side, i) = find-port(ports, to)
diff --git a/src/elements/logic/gate.typ b/src/elements/logic/gate.typ
index bd0fb23..5d9f4de 100644
--- a/src/elements/logic/gate.typ
+++ b/src/elements/logic/gate.typ
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #import "/src/cetz.typ": draw, coordinate
+#import "/src/util.typ"
 #import "../ports.typ": add-ports, add-port
 #import "../element.typ"
 
@@ -49,13 +50,12 @@
   if h == none { panic("Parameter h must be set") }
 
   if (type(x) == dictionary) {
-    let offset = x.rel
-    let to = x.to
-    let (ctx, to-pos) = coordinate.resolve(ctx, (rel: (offset, 0), to: to))
-    x = to-pos.at(0)
+    x = util.resolve-rel-coord(ctx, x, 0)
   }
   
-  if (type(y) == dictionary) {
+  if (type(y) == dictionary and "rel" in y) {
+    y = util.resolve-rel-coord(ctx, y, 1)
+  } else if (type(y) == dictionary) {
     let from = y.from
     let to = y.to
     
diff --git a/src/elements/logic/iec_gate.typ b/src/elements/logic/iec_gate.typ
index 08d97f1..0656b05 100644
--- a/src/elements/logic/iec_gate.typ
+++ b/src/elements/logic/iec_gate.typ
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #import "/src/cetz.typ": draw, coordinate
+#import "/src/util.typ"
 #import "../ports.typ": add-ports, add-port
 #import "../element.typ"
 
@@ -60,13 +61,12 @@
   if h == none { panic("Parameter h must be set") }
 
   if (type(x) == dictionary) {
-    let offset = x.rel
-    let to = x.to
-    let (ctx, to-pos) = coordinate.resolve(ctx, (rel: (offset, 0), to: to))
-    x = to-pos.at(0)
+    x = util.resolve-rel-coord(ctx, x, 0)
   }
   
-  if (type(y) == dictionary) {
+  if (type(y) == dictionary and "rel" in y) {
+    y = util.resolve-rel-coord(ctx, y, 1)
+  } else if (type(y) == dictionary) {
     let from = y.from
     let to = y.to
     
diff --git a/src/util.typ b/src/util.typ
index a444434..bee181f 100644
--- a/src/util.typ
+++ b/src/util.typ
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+#import "cetz.typ": coordinate
+
+/// Resolves a relative coordinate shorthand of the form `(rel: <number>, to: <anchor>)`
+/// to a single scalar along the requested axis.
+///
+/// Used to implement the shared `(rel:, to:)` shorthand accepted by the `x` and
+/// `y` parameters of `elmt`, `gate` and `iec-gate`.
+///
+/// - ctx (dictionary): The current CeTZ context
+/// - val (dictionary): A dictionary with fields `rel` (number) and `to` (anchor)
+/// - axis (int): `0` for x, `1` for y
+/// -> number
+#let resolve-rel-coord(ctx, val, axis) = {
+  let offset = val.rel
+  let to = val.to
+  let delta = if axis == 0 { (offset, 0) } else { (0, offset) }
+  let (_, to-pos) = coordinate.resolve(ctx, (rel: delta, to: to))
+  return to-pos.at(axis)
+}
+
 /// Predefined color palette
 /// #let w = 4
 /// #box(width: 100%, align(center)[
@@ -73,4 +93,45 @@
 #let valid-anchors = (
   "center", "north", "east", "west", "south",
   "north-east", "north-west", "south-east", "south-west"
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)
+
+/// Normalizes a coordinate so that 2D points (x, y) are padded
+/// to (x, y, 0) as required by CeTZ's coordinate resolver.
+/// Also handles function-based and dictionary-based coordinates
+/// recursively.
+///
+/// - coord (any): A CeTZ-compatible coordinate
+/// -> any
+#let normalize-coord(coord) = {
+  if type(coord) == array {
+    if coord.len() == 2 {
+      let (a, b) = coord
+      // Raw 2D point: (x, y) -> (x, y, 0)
+      if type(a) in (int, float) and type(b) in (int, float) {
+        return (a, b, 0)
+      }
+      // Function-based coordinate: (fn, point)
+      if type(a) == function {
+        let orig = a
+        return (v => {
+          let result = orig(v)
+          if type(result) == array and result.len() == 2 {
+            let (rx, ry) = result
+            if type(rx) in (int, float) and type(ry) in (int, float) {
+              return (rx, ry, 0)
+            }
+          }
+          return result
+        }, b)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if type(coord) == dictionary {
+    let result = (:)
+    for (key, value) in coord {
+      result.insert(key, normalize-coord(value))
+    }
+    return result
+  }
+  return coord
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wire.typ b/src/wire.typ
index cbf7c4b..f6fd158 100644
--- a/src/wire.typ
+++ b/src/wire.typ
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #import "/src/cetz.typ": draw, coordinate
-#import "util.typ": opposite-anchor
+#import "util.typ": opposite-anchor, normalize-coord
 
 /// List of valid wire styles
 /// #examples.wires
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
   
   let (ctx, p0) = coordinate.resolve(ctx, start)
   let (ctx, p3) = coordinate.resolve(ctx, end)
-  p0 = (x: p0.first(), y: p0.last())
-  p3 = (x: p3.first(), y: p3.last())
+  p0 = (x: p0.first(), y: p0.at(1))
+  p3 = (x: p3.first(), y: p3.at(1))
 
   let dx1 = margin-start
   let dx2 = margin-end
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
   if side-end == "east" {
     dx2 *= -1
   }
-  p1 = (p0.x + dx1, p0.y)
-  p2 = (p3.x - dx2, p0.y)
+  p1 = (p0.x + dx1, p0.y, 0)
+  p2 = (p3.x - dx2, p0.y, 0)
 
   let points = (
     start,
     (horizontal: p1, vertical: ()),
-    (horizontal: (), vertical: (0, dodge-y)),
+    (horizontal: (), vertical: (0, dodge-y, 0)),
     (horizontal: p2, vertical: ()),
     (horizontal: (), vertical: end),
     end
@@ -147,18 +147,18 @@
 
 
   // points that are closest to the edge points
-  let p1 = (p0.x + dx1, p0.y + dy1)
-  let p5 = (p6.x + dx2, p6.y + dy2)
+  let p1 = (p0.x + dx1, p0.y + dy1, 0)
+  let p5 = (p6.x + dx2, p6.y + dy2, 0)
 
 
   // middle point
   let center_x = p0.x + box_width * center_horizontal / 100%
   let center_y = p0.y + box_height * center_vertical / 100%
-  let p3 = (center_x, center_y)
+  let p3 = (center_x, center_y, 0)
 
   // setting up the points for that touch the guides
-  let p2 = (0,0)
-  let p4 = (0,0)
+  let p2 = (0, 0, 0)
+  let p4 = (0, 0, 0)
   if side-start in ("north", "south") {
     p2 = (horizontal: p3, vertical: p1)
   } else {
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@
   if pts.len() != 2 {
     panic("Wrong number of points (got " + str(pts.len()) + " instead of 2)")
   }
+
+  // Normalize user-provided coordinates: (x, y) -> (x, y, 0)
+  let pts = pts.map(normalize-coord)
   
   let stroke = (
     paint: color,
diff --git a/typst.toml b/typst.toml
index b83700a..fb35880 100644
--- a/typst.toml
+++ b/typst.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "circuiteria"
 version = "0.2.1"
-compiler = "0.13.1"
+compiler = "0.15.0"
 repository = "https://git.kb28.ch/HEL/circuiteria"
 entrypoint = "src/lib.typ"
 authors = [