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Main Authors: Wu, Xian, Zhang, Ming, Fang, Zhiyu, Li, Fei, Wang, Bin, Jiang, Yong, Zhou, Hao
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20034
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author Wu, Xian
Zhang, Ming
Fang, Zhiyu
Li, Fei
Wang, Bin
Jiang, Yong
Zhou, Hao
author_facet Wu, Xian
Zhang, Ming
Fang, Zhiyu
Li, Fei
Wang, Bin
Jiang, Yong
Zhou, Hao
contents The automation of user interface development has the potential to accelerate software delivery by mitigating intensive manual implementation. Despite the advancements in Large Multimodal Models for design-to-code translation, existing methodologies predominantly yield unstructured, flat codebases that lack compatibility with component-oriented libraries such as React or Angular. Such outputs typically exhibit low cohesion and high coupling, complicating long-term maintenance. In this paper, we propose \textbf{VSA (VSA)}, a multi-stage paradigm designed to synthesize organized frontend assets through visual-structural alignment. Our approach first employs a spatial-aware transformer to reconstruct the visual input into a hierarchical tree representation. Moving beyond basic layout extraction, we integrate an algorithmic pattern-matching layer to identify recurring UI motifs and encapsulate them into modular templates. These templates are then processed via a schema-driven synthesis engine, ensuring the Large Language Model generates type-safe, prop-drilled components suitable for production environments. Experimental results indicate that our framework yields a substantial improvement in code modularity and architectural consistency over state-of-the-art benchmarks, effectively bridging the gap between raw pixels and scalable software engineering.
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spellingShingle VSA:Visual-Structural Alignment for UI-to-Code
Wu, Xian
Zhang, Ming
Fang, Zhiyu
Li, Fei
Wang, Bin
Jiang, Yong
Zhou, Hao
Information Retrieval
The automation of user interface development has the potential to accelerate software delivery by mitigating intensive manual implementation. Despite the advancements in Large Multimodal Models for design-to-code translation, existing methodologies predominantly yield unstructured, flat codebases that lack compatibility with component-oriented libraries such as React or Angular. Such outputs typically exhibit low cohesion and high coupling, complicating long-term maintenance. In this paper, we propose \textbf{VSA (VSA)}, a multi-stage paradigm designed to synthesize organized frontend assets through visual-structural alignment. Our approach first employs a spatial-aware transformer to reconstruct the visual input into a hierarchical tree representation. Moving beyond basic layout extraction, we integrate an algorithmic pattern-matching layer to identify recurring UI motifs and encapsulate them into modular templates. These templates are then processed via a schema-driven synthesis engine, ensuring the Large Language Model generates type-safe, prop-drilled components suitable for production environments. Experimental results indicate that our framework yields a substantial improvement in code modularity and architectural consistency over state-of-the-art benchmarks, effectively bridging the gap between raw pixels and scalable software engineering.
title VSA:Visual-Structural Alignment for UI-to-Code
topic Information Retrieval
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20034