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Proposal: Control Naming Conventions

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Description

### Title

Proposal: Control Naming Conventions

### Summary

Change the name of the control 'Viewbox' to 'ViewBox'

### Rationale

TextBox, ComboBox, for all controls containing 'Box', only 'Viewbox' has a lowercase 'b'

### Scope

| Capability | Priority |
| :---------- | :------- |
| This proposal will achieve better API naming consistency | Could |

### Important Notes

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### Open Questions

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating the public Viewbox control declaration and all references, then compare its naming with TextBox and ComboBox; the work is done when the intended ViewBox API name and its affected references are consistently updated.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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