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Pull request overview

This PR aims to reduce unnecessary console UI re-rendering in the Harness by moving from reference-based comparisons to value-based comparisons and by shifting layout fields (X/Y/Width/Height) into component props.

Changes:

• Moved layout (X, Y, Width, Height) from ConsoleReactiveComponent onto ConsoleReactiveProps and updated components to read layout from props.
• Changed render short-circuiting to use .Equals(...) instead of ReferenceEquals(...) for props/state.
• Updated Harness layout math/padding and refactored child layout assignment to be props-based.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 9 out of 9 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

dotnet/samples/02-agents/Harness/Harness_Shared_Console/HarnessAppComponent.cs:1

• With the new value-based render gating, scrollItems is recreated every render (ToList() / []). Since list equality is reference-based, this will cause TextScrollPanelProps to compare as 'changed' even when the items are identical, undermining the goal of reducing re-renders. Prefer passing a stable list instance when content is unchanged (e.g., reuse an existing list/array from state) or switch Items to an immutable/structurally comparable type (or implement structural equality for this props type).

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dotnet/samples/02-agents/Harness/ConsoleReactiveComponents/TopBottomRule.cs:1

• CalculateHeight tolerates child.BaseProps == null by treating height as 0, but RenderCore will crash if any child has null BaseProps due to the null-forgiving operator (child.BaseProps! with ...). Either enforce non-null child props (e.g., validate and throw a clear exception before rendering) or define/assign default props for children so layout can always be applied safely.

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