As I’ve mentioned, I’ve taken over responsibility for a body of C# code. The layout code is filled with stuff like this:

this.Size = new Size(this.Size.Width,
   this.widgetsLabel.Location.Y + this.widgetsLabel.Size.Height);

To paraphrase Tevye, would it have spoiled some vast eternal plan to write this instead?:

this.Height = this.widgetsLabel.Bottom;

I spent quite some time today applying shrinking transformations:

x.Size.Height                             -->  x.Height
x.Location.Y                              -->  x.Top
x.Top + x.Height                          -->  x.Bottom
x.Size = new Size(x.Width, y);            -->  x.Height = y;
x.Location = new Point(x.Location.X, y);  -->  x.Top = y;

Believe me, it’s much more readable afterwards! Of course, I’ve a sneaking suspicion that a lot of this layout code could just be chucked by setting proper constraints in the forms designer! To quote another movie character, I can’t think about that today, I’ll think about that tomorrow.

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