diff --git a/src/Components/Menu/Menu.tsx b/src/Components/Menu/Menu.tsx
index 76e0549..0a15cc9 100644
--- a/src/Components/Menu/Menu.tsx
+++ b/src/Components/Menu/Menu.tsx
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export function Menu(props: IMenuProps): JSX.Element {
     };
   }
 
+  // TODO: Fix css
   const visible = isOpen ? 'visible opacity-1' : 'invisible opacity-0';
   return (
     <div
diff --git a/src/Components/SVG/Elements/Container.tsx b/src/Components/SVG/Elements/Container.tsx
index 6a3ba01..cb722d6 100644
--- a/src/Components/SVG/Elements/Container.tsx
+++ b/src/Components/SVG/Elements/Container.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Interweave, Node } from 'interweave';
 import { IContainerModel } from '../../../Interfaces/IContainerModel';
-import { DIMENSION_MARGIN, SHOW_CHILDREN_DIMENSIONS, SHOW_PARENT_DIMENSION, SHOW_TEXT } from '../../../utils/default';
-import { GetDepth } from '../../../utils/itertools';
+import { DIMENSION_MARGIN, SHOW_BORROWER_DIMENSIONS, SHOW_CHILDREN_DIMENSIONS, SHOW_SELF_DIMENSIONS, SHOW_TEXT } from '../../../utils/default';
+import { CancelParentTransform, GetDepth, MakeIterator, Pairwise } from '../../../utils/itertools';
 import { Dimension } from './Dimension';
 import { IContainerProperties } from '../../../Interfaces/IContainerProperties';
-import { TransformX } from '../../../utils/svg';
+import { RestoreX, TransformX } from '../../../utils/svg';
 import { Camelize } from '../../../utils/stringtools';
 
 interface IContainerProps {
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ export function Container(props: IContainerProps): JSX.Element {
   const strokeWidth = 1;
   const text = (width ?? 0).toString();
 
-  let dimensionChildren: JSX.Element | null = null;
-  if (props.model.children.length > 1 && SHOW_CHILDREN_DIMENSIONS) {
+  let childrenDimensions: JSX.Element | null = null;
+  if (props.model.properties.showChildrenDimensions && props.model.children.length > 1 && SHOW_CHILDREN_DIMENSIONS) {
     const {
       childrenId, xChildrenStart, xChildrenEnd, yChildren, textChildren
     } = GetChildrenDimensionProps(props, dimensionMargin);
-    dimensionChildren = <Dimension
+    childrenDimensions = <Dimension
       id={childrenId}
       xStart={xChildrenStart}
       xEnd={xChildrenEnd}
@@ -76,13 +76,51 @@ export function Container(props: IContainerProps): JSX.Element {
       text={textChildren} />;
   }
 
+  const borrowerDimensions: JSX.Element[] = [];
+  if (props.model.properties.isDimensionBorrower && SHOW_BORROWER_DIMENSIONS) {
+    const it = MakeIterator(props.model);
+    const marks = [];
+    for (const container of it) {
+      if (!container.properties.markPositionToDimensionBorrower) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      const x = TransformX(
+        container.properties.x,
+        container.properties.width,
+        container.properties.xPositionReference
+      );
+      const [restoredX] = CancelParentTransform(container.parent, x, 0, props.model);
+      marks.push(
+        restoredX
+      );
+    }
+    marks.push(0);
+    marks.push(props.model.properties.width);
+    marks.sort((a, b) => a - b);
+    let count = 0;
+    for (const { cur, next } of Pairwise(marks)) {
+      const id = `dim-borrow-${props.model.properties.id}-{${count}}`;
+      borrowerDimensions.push(<Dimension
+        key={id}
+        id={id}
+        xStart={cur}
+        xEnd={next}
+        yStart={props.model.properties.height + yDim * -1}
+        yEnd={props.model.properties.height + yDim * -1}
+        strokeWidth={strokeWidth}
+        text={(next - cur).toString()} />);
+      count++;
+    }
+  }
+
   return (
     <g
       style={defaultStyle}
       transform={transform}
       key={`container-${props.model.properties.id}`}
     >
-      {SHOW_PARENT_DIMENSION
+      {(props.model.properties.showSelfDimensions && SHOW_SELF_DIMENSIONS)
         ? <Dimension
           id={id}
           xStart={xStart}
@@ -92,7 +130,8 @@ export function Container(props: IContainerProps): JSX.Element {
           strokeWidth={strokeWidth}
           text={text} />
         : null}
-      {dimensionChildren}
+      {childrenDimensions}
+      {borrowerDimensions}
       {svg}
       {SHOW_TEXT
         ? <text
diff --git a/src/Interfaces/IAvailableContainer.ts b/src/Interfaces/IAvailableContainer.ts
index 08671ec..2461f4e 100644
--- a/src/Interfaces/IAvailableContainer.ts
+++ b/src/Interfaces/IAvailableContainer.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@ export interface IAvailableContainer {
   XPositionReference?: XPositionReference
   CustomSVG?: string
   DefaultChildType?: string
+  /** if true, show the dimension of the container */
+  ShowSelfDimensions?: boolean
+
+  /** if true show the overall dimensions of its children */
+  ShowChildrenDimensions?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * if true, allows a parent dimension borrower to uses its x coordinate for as a reference point for a dimension
+   */
+  MarkPositionToDimensionBorrower?: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * if true, show a dimension from the edge of the container to end
+   * and insert dimensions marks at lift up children (see liftDimensionToBorrower)
+   */
+  IsDimensionBorrower?: boolean
   Style?: React.CSSProperties
   Actions?: IAction[]
   UserData?: object
diff --git a/src/Interfaces/IContainerProperties.ts b/src/Interfaces/IContainerProperties.ts
index 379ec41..9457cf5 100644
--- a/src/Interfaces/IContainerProperties.ts
+++ b/src/Interfaces/IContainerProperties.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,24 @@ export interface IContainerProperties {
   /** Horizontal alignment, also determines the visual location of x {Left = 0, Center, Right } */
   xPositionReference: XPositionReference
 
+  /** if true, show the dimension of the container */
+  showSelfDimensions: boolean
+
+  /** if true show the overall dimensions of its children */
+  showChildrenDimensions: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * if true, allows a parent dimension borrower to borrow its x coordinate
+   * as a reference point for a dimension
+   */
+  markPositionToDimensionBorrower: boolean
+
+  /**
+   * if true, show a dimension from the edge of the container to end
+   * and insert dimensions marks at lift up children (see liftDimensionToBorrower)
+   */
+  isDimensionBorrower: boolean
+
   /**
    * (optional)
    * Replace a <rect> by a customized "SVG". It is not really an svg but it at least allows
diff --git a/src/utils/default.ts b/src/utils/default.ts
index 74f1512..cc4b68a 100644
--- a/src/utils/default.ts
+++ b/src/utils/default.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ export const DEFAULTCHILDTYPE_MAX_DEPTH = 10;
 
 /// DIMENSIONS DEFAULTS ///
 
-export const SHOW_PARENT_DIMENSION = true;
+export const SHOW_SELF_DIMENSIONS = true;
 export const SHOW_CHILDREN_DIMENSIONS = false;
-export const SHOW_DIMENSIONS_PER_DEPTH = true;
+export const SHOW_BORROWER_DIMENSIONS = true;
+export const SHOW_DIMENSIONS_PER_DEPTH = false;
 export const DIMENSION_MARGIN = 50;
 export const NOTCHES_LENGTH = 4;
 
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ export function GetDefaultEditorState(configuration: IConfiguration): IEditorSta
     history: [
       {
         lastAction: '',
-        mainContainer: mainContainer,
+        mainContainer,
         selectedContainerId: mainContainer.properties.id,
         typeCounters: {},
         symbols: new Map(),
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ export const DEFAULT_MAINCONTAINER_PROPS: IContainerProperties = {
   isAnchor: false,
   isFlex: false,
   xPositionReference: XPositionReference.Left,
+  showChildrenDimensions: true, // TODO: put the dimension at the top (see pdf)
+  showSelfDimensions: true, // TODO: put the dimension at the bottom (see pdf)
+  isDimensionBorrower: true, // second dimensions from the bottom
+  markPositionToDimensionBorrower: false,
   style: {
     stroke: 'black',
     fillOpacity: 0
@@ -150,6 +155,10 @@ export function GetDefaultContainerProps(type: string,
     xPositionReference: containerConfig.XPositionReference ?? XPositionReference.Left,
     minWidth: containerConfig.MinWidth ?? 1,
     maxWidth: containerConfig.MaxWidth ?? Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+    showChildrenDimensions: containerConfig.ShowChildrenDimensions ?? false,
+    showSelfDimensions: containerConfig.ShowSelfDimensions ?? false,
+    markPositionToDimensionBorrower: containerConfig.MarkPositionToDimensionBorrower ?? false,
+    isDimensionBorrower: containerConfig.IsDimensionBorrower ?? false,
     customSVG: containerConfig.CustomSVG,
     style: structuredClone(containerConfig.Style),
     userData: structuredClone(containerConfig.UserData)
diff --git a/src/utils/itertools.ts b/src/utils/itertools.ts
index c4bb188..b664ca7 100644
--- a/src/utils/itertools.ts
+++ b/src/utils/itertools.ts
@@ -83,9 +83,14 @@ export function GetAbsolutePosition(container: IContainerModel): [number, number
  * @param y value to be restored
  * @returns x and y such that the transformations of the parent are cancelled
  */
-export function CancelParentTransform(parent: IContainerModel | null, x: number, y: number): [number, number] {
+export function CancelParentTransform(
+  parent: IContainerModel | null,
+  x: number,
+  y: number,
+  stop?: IContainerModel
+): [number, number] {
   let current = parent;
-  while (current != null) {
+  while (current !== stop && current != null) {
     x += current.properties.x;
     y += current.properties.y;
     current = current.parent;
diff --git a/test-server/http.js b/test-server/http.js
index 465e6f9..4e8d2eb 100644
--- a/test-server/http.js
+++ b/test-server/http.js
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ const GetSVGLayoutConfiguration = () => {
           strokeWidth: 2,
           stroke: 'red',
           fill: '#d3c9b7',
-        }
+        },
+        ShowSelfDimensions: true,
+        IsDimensionBorrower: true
       },
       {
         Type: 'Trou',
@@ -117,6 +119,19 @@ const GetSVGLayoutConfiguration = () => {
         Type: 'Montant',
         Width: 10,
         XPositionReference: 1,
+        MarkPositionToDimensionBorrower: true,
+        Style: {
+          fillOpacity: 0,
+          strokeWidth: 2,
+          stroke: '#713f12',
+          fill: '#713f12',
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        Type: 'Dilatation',
+        Width: 2,
+        XPositionReference: 1,
+        MarkPositionToDimensionBorrower: true,
         Style: {
           fillOpacity: 0,
           strokeWidth: 2,