Wouldn't it be nice when you're aligning controls that are children of
different containers (group boxes, panels, etc.) that VS.NET figured out to
use a higher level set of coordinates (form or screen) for alignment
purposes?

For example, if you have group boxes that vary in size or position on a
main form and you try to align anything in one group box with something
from another they don't line up because all VS.NET does is set their
Location and/or Size properties to be equal which means they'll be in the
same position relative to the top left corners of their respective
containers.  Maybe in some circumstances this makes sense but typically if
you use the alignment tools you want the controls you're working with to
line up on the overall form.

Maybe VS.NET 2005 will do this?  Or maybe there's an addin with enhanced
layout tools available?

I suppose this doesn't crop up all that often but it seems like such a
simple thing.

Joel Moore