diff --git a/src/rendering/HorizontalLayout/index.js b/src/rendering/HorizontalLayout/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9336c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rendering/HorizontalLayout/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+
+import * as style from 'rendering/style';
+
+const HorizontalLayout = ({ connectorPath, transforms, children }) => {
+  return <>
+    <path style={ style.connectors } d={ connectorPath }/>
+    { React.Children.map(children, (child, i) => (
+      <g transform={ transforms[i] }>{ child }</g>
+    )) }
+  </>;
+};
+
+HorizontalLayout.defaultProps = {
+  withConnectors: false,
+  spacing: 10
+};
+
+HorizontalLayout.propTypes = {
+  spacing: PropTypes.number,
+  withConnectors: PropTypes.bool,
+  connectorPath: PropTypes.string,
+  transforms: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string),
+  children: PropTypes.oneOfType([
+    PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.node),
+    PropTypes.node
+  ]).isRequired
+};
+
+const generateOffsetBoxes = (boxes, axisY, spacing) => {
+  let offset = 0;
+  return boxes.map(box => {
+    try {
+      return {
+        ...box,
+        offsetX: offset,
+        offsetY: axisY - box.axisY
+      };
+    }
+    finally {
+      offset += box.width + spacing;
+    }
+  });
+};
+const calculateChildTransforms = boxes =>
+  boxes.map(box => `translate(${ box.offsetX } ${ box.offsetY })`);
+const calculateConnectorPath = (boxes, axisY) => {
+  let last = boxes[0];
+  return boxes.slice(1).map(box => {
+    try {
+      return `
+        M${ last.offsetX + last.axisX2 },${ axisY }
+        H${ box.offsetX + box.axisX1 }
+      `;
+    }
+    finally {
+      last = box;
+    }
+  }).join('');
+};
+const layout = data => {
+  const { withConnectors, spacing } = {
+    ...HorizontalLayout.defaultProps,
+    ...data.props
+  };
+  const childBoxes = data.children.map(child => child.box);
+
+  data.box = {
+    width: childBoxes.reduce((width, box) => width + box.width, 0) +
+           (childBoxes.length - 1) * spacing,
+    height: Math.max(...(childBoxes.map(box => box.axisY))) +
+            Math.max(...(childBoxes.map(box => box.height - box.axisY))),
+    axisY: Math.max(...(childBoxes.map(box => box.axisY)))
+  };
+
+  const offsetBoxes = generateOffsetBoxes(childBoxes, data.box.axisY, spacing);
+  data.props = {
+    ...data.props,
+    transforms: calculateChildTransforms(offsetBoxes),
+    connectorPath: withConnectors
+      ? calculateConnectorPath(offsetBoxes, data.box.axisY)
+      : undefined
+  };
+
+  return data;
+};
+
+export default HorizontalLayout;
+export { layout };
diff --git a/src/rendering/style.js b/src/rendering/style.js
index 2f896a0..4b5e474 100644
--- a/src/rendering/style.js
+++ b/src/rendering/style.js
@@ -18,3 +18,8 @@ export const strokeBase = {
   strokeWidth: '2px',
   stroke: black
 };
+
+export const connectors = {
+  fillOpacity: 0,
+  ...strokeBase
+};
diff --git a/src/rendering/types.js b/src/rendering/types.js
index da7e963..763d888 100644
--- a/src/rendering/types.js
+++ b/src/rendering/types.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import * as SVG from 'rendering/SVG';
 import * as Text from 'rendering/Text';
 import * as Box from 'rendering/Box';
+import * as HorizontalLayout from 'rendering/HorizontalLayout';
 
 export default {
   SVG,
   Text,
-  Box
+  Box,
+  HorizontalLayout
 };
diff --git a/src/syntax/js.js b/src/syntax/js.js
index 02e0478..83a7eb4 100644
--- a/src/syntax/js.js
+++ b/src/syntax/js.js
@@ -6,18 +6,37 @@ const parse = expr => {
     type: 'SVG',
     children: [
       {
-        type: 'Box',
+        type: 'HorizontalLayout',
         props: {
-          theme: 'literal'
+          withConnectors: true
         },
         children: [
           {
-            type: 'Text',
+            type: 'Box',
             props: {
-              quoted: true
+              theme: 'literal'
             },
             children: [
-              `JS => ${ expr }`
+              {
+                type: 'Text',
+                children: [
+                  'JS'
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'Box',
+            props: {
+              theme: 'literal'
+            },
+            children: [
+              {
+                type: 'Text',
+                children: [
+                  expr
+                ]
+              }
             ]
           }
         ]
diff --git a/src/syntax/pcre.js b/src/syntax/pcre.js
index 12b2fa4..6877c50 100644
--- a/src/syntax/pcre.js
+++ b/src/syntax/pcre.js
@@ -6,18 +6,37 @@ const parse = expr => {
     type: 'SVG',
     children: [
       {
-        type: 'Box',
+        type: 'HorizontalLayout',
         props: {
-          theme: 'literal'
+          withConnectors: true
         },
         children: [
           {
-            type: 'Text',
+            type: 'Box',
             props: {
-              quoted: true
+              theme: 'literal'
             },
             children: [
-              `PCRE => ${ expr }`
+              {
+                type: 'Text',
+                children: [
+                  'PCRE'
+                ]
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            type: 'Box',
+            props: {
+              theme: 'literal'
+            },
+            children: [
+              {
+                type: 'Text',
+                children: [
+                  expr
+                ]
+              }
             ]
           }
         ]