Question

I often use enums like

public enum Side { Left, Top, Right, Bottom };

or

public enum Direction { Left, Up, Right, Down };

Every time I describe the enum again. Is there a standard enum of this kind in .NET?

Answer 1

Not quite the same, but I know of the System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles enumeration.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.anchorstyles.aspx

Otherwise, I’d say not – add it to your own common library. You also have to consider the cost of taking dependencies (even on .NET Framework stuff), because of things like portability. I wouldn’t take one on WinForms unless you are already depending on WinForms.