Fixes #1276. Added TextDirection constructor to View and Label and improving AutoSize. (#1277)

* Added AutoSize. CalcRect calculates vertical. Fixes Draw bug.

* Added TextDirection constructor. Ensuring set frame on Pos/Dim absolute. Improves AutoSize.

* Added a scenario for the AutoSize and TextDirection.

* Added more unit tests.

* Fixing some broken scenarios.

* Fixes others TextDirection that was not working.

Terminal.Gui/Core/TextFormatter.cs

@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Used by <see cref="Text"/> to resize the view's <see cref="View.Bounds"/> with the <see cref="Size"/>.
+		/// Setting <see cref="AutoSize"/> to true only work if the <see cref="View.Width"/> and <see cref="View.Height"/> are null or
+		///   <see cref="LayoutStyle.Absolute"/> values and doesn't work with <see cref="LayoutStyle.Computed"/> layout,
+		///   to avoid breaking the <see cref="Pos"/> and <see cref="Dim"/> settings.
+		/// </summary>
+		public bool AutoSize { get; set; }
+
 		// TODO: Add Vertical Text Alignment
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Controls the horizontal text-alignment property. 
@@ -306,8 +314,14 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 
 					if (IsVerticalDirection (textDirection)) {
 						lines = Format (shown_text, Size.Height, textVerticalAlignment == VerticalTextAlignment.Justified, Size.Width > 1);
+						if (!AutoSize && lines.Count > Size.Width) {
+							lines.RemoveRange (Size.Width, lines.Count - Size.Width);
+						}
 					} else {
 						lines = Format (shown_text, Size.Width, textAlignment == TextAlignment.Justified, Size.Height > 1);
+						if (!AutoSize && lines.Count > Size.Height) {
+							lines.RemoveRange (Size.Height, lines.Count - Size.Height);
+						}
 					}
 
 					NeedsFormat = false;
@@ -675,40 +689,77 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 		/// <param name="x">The x location of the rectangle</param>
 		/// <param name="y">The y location of the rectangle</param>
 		/// <param name="text">The text to measure</param>
+		/// <param name="direction">The text direction.</param>
 		/// <returns></returns>
-		public static Rect CalcRect (int x, int y, ustring text)
+		public static Rect CalcRect (int x, int y, ustring text, TextDirection direction = TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom)
 		{
 			if (ustring.IsNullOrEmpty (text)) {
 				return new Rect (new Point (x, y), Size.Empty);
 			}
 
-			int mw = 0;
-			int ml = 1;
+			int w, h;
 
-			int cols = 0;
-			foreach (var rune in text) {
-				if (rune == '\n') {
-					ml++;
-					if (cols > mw) {
-						mw = cols;
+			if (IsHorizontalDirection (direction)) {
+				int mw = 0;
+				int ml = 1;
+
+				int cols = 0;
+				foreach (var rune in text) {
+					if (rune == '\n') {
+						ml++;
+						if (cols > mw) {
+							mw = cols;
+						}
+						cols = 0;
+					} else {
+						if (rune != '\r') {
+							cols++;
+							var rw = Rune.ColumnWidth (rune);
+							if (rw > 0) {
+								rw--;
+							}
+							cols += rw;
+						}
 					}
-					cols = 0;
-				} else {
-					if (rune != '\r') {
-						cols++;
-						var rw = Rune.ColumnWidth (rune);
-						if (rw > 0) {
-							rw--;
+				}
+				if (cols > mw) {
+					mw = cols;
+				}
+				w = mw;
+				h = ml;
+			} else {
+				int vw = 0;
+				int vh = 0;
+
+				int rows = 0;
+				foreach (var rune in text) {
+					if (rune == '\n') {
+						vw++;
+						if (rows > vh) {
+							vh = rows;
+						}
+						rows = 0;
+					} else {
+						if (rune != '\r') {
+							rows++;
+							var rw = Rune.ColumnWidth (rune);
+							if (rw < 0) {
+								rw++;
+							}
+							if (rw > vw) {
+								vw = rw;
+							}
 						}
-						cols += rw;
 					}
 				}
-			}
-			if (cols > mw) {
-				mw = cols;
+				if (rows > vh) {
+					vh = rows;
+				}
+				w = vw;
+				h = vh;
 			}
 
-			return new Rect (x, y, mw, ml);
+			return new Rect (x, y, w, h);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -932,6 +983,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 				var current = start;
 				for (var idx = start; idx < start + size; idx++) {
 					if (idx < 0) {
+						current++;
 						continue;
 					}
 					var rune = (Rune)' ';

Terminal.Gui/Core/View.cs

@@ -478,6 +478,10 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 
 				x = value;
 				SetNeedsLayout ();
+				if (x is Pos.PosAbsolute) {
+					frame = new Rect (x.Anchor (0), frame.Y, frame.Width, frame.Height);
+				}
+				textFormatter.Size = frame.Size;
 				SetNeedsDisplay (frame);
 			}
 		}
@@ -498,6 +502,10 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 
 				y = value;
 				SetNeedsLayout ();
+				if (y is Pos.PosAbsolute) {
+					frame = new Rect (frame.X, y.Anchor (0), frame.Width, frame.Height);
+				}
+				textFormatter.Size = frame.Size;
 				SetNeedsDisplay (frame);
 			}
 		}
@@ -520,6 +528,10 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 
 				width = value;
 				SetNeedsLayout ();
+				if (width is Dim.DimAbsolute) {
+					frame = new Rect (frame.X, frame.Y, width.Anchor (0), frame.Height);
+				}
+				textFormatter.Size = frame.Size;
 				SetNeedsDisplay (frame);
 			}
 		}
@@ -538,6 +550,10 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 
 				height = value;
 				SetNeedsLayout ();
+				if (height is Dim.DimAbsolute) {
+					frame = new Rect (frame.X, frame.Y, frame.Width, height.Anchor (0));
+				}
+				textFormatter.Size = frame.Size;
 				SetNeedsDisplay (frame);
 			}
 		}
@@ -572,7 +588,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 		/// </remarks>
 		public View (Rect frame)
 		{
-			Initialize (ustring.Empty, frame, LayoutStyle.Absolute);
+			Initialize (ustring.Empty, frame, LayoutStyle.Absolute, TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -593,7 +609,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 		///   Use <see cref="X"/>, <see cref="Y"/>, <see cref="Width"/>, and <see cref="Height"/> properties to dynamically control the size and location of the view.
 		/// </para>
 		/// </remarks>
-		public View () : this (text: string.Empty) { }
+		public View () : this (text: string.Empty, direction: TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom) { }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		///   Initializes a new instance of <see cref="View"/> using <see cref="LayoutStyle.Absolute"/> layout.
@@ -647,15 +663,17 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 		/// </para>
 		/// </remarks>
 		/// <param name="text">text to initialize the <see cref="Text"/> property with.</param>
-		public View (ustring text)
+		/// <param name="direction">The text direction.</param>
+		public View (ustring text, TextDirection direction = TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom)
 		{
-			Initialize (text, Rect.Empty);
+			Initialize (text, Rect.Empty, LayoutStyle.Computed, direction);
 		}
 
-		void Initialize (ustring text, Rect rect, LayoutStyle layoutStyle = LayoutStyle.Computed)
+		void Initialize (ustring text, Rect rect, LayoutStyle layoutStyle = LayoutStyle.Computed,
+			TextDirection direction = TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom)
 		{
 			textFormatter = new TextFormatter ();
-			Text = text;
+			TextDirection = direction;
 
 			shortcutHelper = new ShortcutHelper ();
 
@@ -666,7 +684,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			// BUGBUG: CalcRect doesn't account for line wrapping
 			Rect r;
 			if (rect.IsEmpty) {
-				r = TextFormatter.CalcRect (0, 0, text);
+				r = TextFormatter.CalcRect (0, 0, text, direction);
 			} else {
 				r = rect;
 			}
@@ -676,6 +694,8 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			Height = r.Height;
 
 			Frame = r;
+
+			Text = text;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -1969,6 +1989,9 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			set {
 				textFormatter.Text = value;
 				ResizeView (autoSize);
+				if (textFormatter.Size != Bounds.Size) {
+					textFormatter.Size = Bounds.Size;
+				}
 				SetNeedsLayout ();
 				SetNeedsDisplay ();
 			}
@@ -1984,8 +2007,10 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			get => autoSize;
 			set {
 				var v = ResizeView (value);
+				textFormatter.AutoSize = v;
 				if (autoSize != v) {
 					autoSize = v;
+					textFormatter.NeedsFormat = true;
 					SetNeedsLayout ();
 					SetNeedsDisplay ();
 				}
@@ -2023,8 +2048,17 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 		public virtual TextDirection TextDirection {
 			get => textFormatter.Direction;
 			set {
-				textFormatter.Direction = value;
-				SetNeedsDisplay ();
+				if (textFormatter.Direction != value) {
+					textFormatter.Direction = value;
+					if (IsInitialized && AutoSize) {
+						ResizeView (true);
+					} else if (IsInitialized) {
+						var b = new Rect (Bounds.X, Bounds.Y, Bounds.Height, Bounds.Width);
+						SetWidthHeight (b);
+					}
+					textFormatter.Size = Bounds.Size;
+					SetNeedsDisplay ();
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2045,30 +2079,41 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 
 		bool ResizeView (bool autoSize)
 		{
+			if (!autoSize) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
 			var aSize = autoSize;
-			if (textFormatter.Size != Bounds.Size && (((width == null || width is Dim.DimAbsolute) && (Bounds.Width == 0
-				|| autoSize && Bounds.Width != textFormatter.Size.Width))
+			Rect nBounds = TextFormatter.CalcRect (Bounds.X, Bounds.Y, Text, textFormatter.Direction);
+
+			if ((textFormatter.Size != Bounds.Size || textFormatter.Size != nBounds.Size)
+				&& (((width == null || width is Dim.DimAbsolute) && (Bounds.Width == 0
+				|| autoSize && Bounds.Width != nBounds.Width))
 				|| ((height == null || height is Dim.DimAbsolute) && (Bounds.Height == 0
-				|| autoSize && Bounds.Height != textFormatter.Size.Height)))) {
-				Bounds = new Rect (Bounds.X, Bounds.Y, textFormatter.Size.Width, textFormatter.Size.Height);
-				if (width == null) {
-					width = Bounds.Width;
-				} else if (width is Dim.DimAbsolute) {
-					width = Math.Max (Bounds.Width, height.Anchor (Bounds.Width));
-				} else {
-					aSize = false;
-				}
-				if (height == null) {
-					height = Bounds.Height;
-				} else if (height is Dim.DimAbsolute) {
-					height = Math.Max (Bounds.Height, height.Anchor (Bounds.Height));
-				} else {
-					aSize = false;
-				}
+				|| autoSize && Bounds.Height != nBounds.Height)))) {
+				aSize = SetWidthHeight (nBounds);
 			}
 			return aSize;
 		}
 
+		bool SetWidthHeight (Rect nBounds)
+		{
+			bool aSize;
+			var canSizeW = SetWidth (nBounds.Width, out int rW);
+			var canSizeH = SetHeight (nBounds.Height, out int rH);
+			if (canSizeW && canSizeH) {
+				aSize = true;
+				Bounds = nBounds;
+				width = rW;
+				height = rH;
+				textFormatter.Size = Bounds.Size;
+			} else {
+				aSize = false;
+			}
+
+			return aSize;
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Specifies the event arguments for <see cref="MouseEvent"/>
 		/// </summary>

Terminal.Gui/Views/Label.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ using NStack;
 
 namespace Terminal.Gui {
 	/// <summary>
-	/// The Label <see cref="View"/> displays a string at a given position and supports multiple lines separted by newline characters. Multi-line Labels support word wrap.
+	/// The Label <see cref="View"/> displays a string at a given position and supports multiple lines separated by newline characters.
+	/// Multi-line Labels support word wrap.
 	/// </summary>
 	/// <remarks>
 	/// The <see cref="Label"/> view is functionality identical to <see cref="View"/> and is included for API backwards compatibility.
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 		{
 		}
 
+		/// <inheritdoc/>
+		public Label (ustring text, TextDirection direction)
+			: base (text, direction)
+		{
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		///   Clicked <see cref="Action"/>, raised when the user clicks the primary mouse button within the Bounds of this <see cref="View"/>
 		///   or if the user presses the action key while this view is focused. (TODO: IsDefault)
@@ -84,7 +91,6 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			if (MouseEvent (mouseEvent))
 				return true;
 
-
 			if (mouseEvent.Flags == MouseFlags.Button1Clicked) {
 				if (!HasFocus && SuperView != null) {
 					SetFocus ();

UICatalog/Scenarios/AutoSizeAndDirectionText.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using Terminal.Gui;
+
+namespace UICatalog {
+	[ScenarioMetadata (Name: "AutoSize and Direction Text", Description: "Demonstrates the text auto-size and direction manipulation.")]
+	[ScenarioCategory ("Text")]
+	class AutoSizeAndDirectionText : Scenario {
+		public override void Setup ()
+		{
+			var text = "Hello World";
+			var color = Colors.Dialog;
+
+			var labelH = new Label (text, TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom) {
+				X = 1,
+				Y = 1,
+				ColorScheme = color
+			};
+			Win.Add (labelH);
+
+			var labelV = new Label (text, TextDirection.TopBottom_LeftRight) {
+				X = 70,
+				Y = 1,
+				ColorScheme = color
+			};
+			Win.Add (labelV);
+
+			var editText = new TextView () {
+				X = Pos.Center (),
+				Y = Pos.Center (),
+				Width = 20,
+				Height = 5,
+				ColorScheme = color,
+				Text = text
+			};
+
+			editText.SetFocus ();
+
+			Win.Add (editText);
+
+			var ckbDirection = new CheckBox ("Toggle Direction") {
+				X = Pos.Center (),
+				Y = Pos.Center () + 3
+			};
+			ckbDirection.Toggled += (_) => {
+				if (labelH.TextDirection == TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom) {
+					labelH.TextDirection = TextDirection.TopBottom_LeftRight;
+					labelV.TextDirection = TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom;
+				} else {
+					labelH.TextDirection = TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom;
+					labelV.TextDirection = TextDirection.TopBottom_LeftRight;
+				}
+			};
+			Win.Add (ckbDirection);
+
+			var ckbAutoSize = new CheckBox ("Auto Size") {
+				X = Pos.Center (),
+				Y = Pos.Center () + 5
+			};
+			ckbAutoSize.Toggled += (_) => labelH.AutoSize = labelV.AutoSize = ckbAutoSize.Checked;
+			Win.Add (ckbAutoSize);
+
+			Win.KeyUp += (_) =>
+				labelH.Text = labelV.Text = text = editText.Text.ToString ();
+		}
+	}
+}

UICatalog/Scenarios/Dialogs.cs

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 		public override void Setup ()
 		{
 			var frame = new FrameView ("Dialog Options") {
-				X = Pos.Center(),
+				X = Pos.Center (),
 				Y = 1,
-				Width = Dim.Percent(75),
+				Width = Dim.Percent (75),
 				Height = 10
 			};
 			Win.Add (frame);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 			var titleEdit = new TextField ("Title") {
 				X = Pos.Right (label) + 1,
 				Y = Pos.Top (label),
-				Width = Dim.Fill(),
+				Width = Dim.Fill (),
 				Height = 1
 			};
 			frame.Add (titleEdit);
@@ -93,8 +93,13 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 			};
 			frame.Add (numButtonsEdit);
 
-			frame.Height = Dim.Height (widthEdit) + Dim.Height (heightEdit) + Dim.Height (titleEdit)
-				+ Dim.Height (numButtonsEdit) + 2;
+			void Top_Loaded ()
+			{
+				frame.Height = Dim.Height (widthEdit) + Dim.Height (heightEdit) + Dim.Height (titleEdit)
+					+ Dim.Height (numButtonsEdit) + 2;
+				Top.Loaded -= Top_Loaded;
+			}
+			Top.Loaded += Top_Loaded;
 
 			label = new Label ("Button Pressed:") {
 				X = Pos.Center (),
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 
 			//var btnText = new [] { "Zero", "One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight", "Nine" };
 			var showDialogButton = new Button ("Show Dialog") {
-				X = Pos.Center(),
+				X = Pos.Center (),
 				Y = Pos.Bottom (frame) + 2,
 				IsDefault = true,
 			};
@@ -129,7 +134,7 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 						var buttonId = i;
 						//var button = new Button (btnText [buttonId % 10],
 						//	is_default: buttonId == 0);
-						var button = new Button (NumberToWords.Convert(buttonId),
+						var button = new Button (NumberToWords.Convert (buttonId),
 							is_default: buttonId == 0);
 						button.Clicked += () => {
 							clicked = buttonId;

UICatalog/Scenarios/Keys.cs

@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 			var labelKeypress = new Label ("") {
 				X = Pos.Left (edit),
 				Y = Pos.Top (keyPressedLabel),
-				Width = 20,
 				TextAlignment = Terminal.Gui.TextAlignment.Centered,
 				ColorScheme = Colors.Error,
+				AutoSize = true
 			};
 			Win.Add (labelKeypress);
 

UICatalog/Scenarios/MessageBoxes.cs

@@ -140,8 +140,13 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 			};
 			frame.Add (styleRadioGroup);
 
-			frame.Height = Dim.Height (widthEdit) + Dim.Height (heightEdit) + Dim.Height (titleEdit) + Dim.Height (messageEdit)
+			void Top_Loaded ()
+			{
+				frame.Height = Dim.Height (widthEdit) + Dim.Height (heightEdit) + Dim.Height (titleEdit) + Dim.Height (messageEdit)
 				+ Dim.Height (numButtonsEdit) + Dim.Height(defaultButtonEdit) + Dim.Height (styleRadioGroup) + 2;
+				Top.Loaded -= Top_Loaded;
+			}
+			Top.Loaded += Top_Loaded;
 
 			label = new Label ("Button Pressed:") {
 				X = Pos.Center (),

UICatalog/Scenarios/Scrolling.cs

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 				X = 0,
 				Y = 0,
 				Width = Dim.Fill (),  // FIXED: I don't think this should be needed; DimFill() should respect container's frame. X does.
+				Height = 2,
 				ColorScheme = Colors.Error
 			};
 			scrollView.Add (horizontalRuler);
@@ -143,12 +144,13 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 			};
 			scrollView.Add (verticalRuler);
 
-			void Top_Loaded()  {
+			void Top_Loaded ()
+			{
 				horizontalRuler.Text = rule.Repeat ((int)Math.Ceiling ((double)(horizontalRuler.Bounds.Width) / (double)rule.Length)) [0..(horizontalRuler.Bounds.Width)] +
 				"\n" + "|         ".Repeat ((int)Math.Ceiling ((double)(horizontalRuler.Bounds.Width) / (double)rule.Length)) [0..(horizontalRuler.Bounds.Width)];
 				verticalRuler.Text = vrule.Repeat ((int)Math.Ceiling ((double)(verticalRuler.Bounds.Height * 2) / (double)rule.Length)) [0..(verticalRuler.Bounds.Height * 2)];
 				Top.Loaded -= Top_Loaded;
-			};
+			}
 			Top.Loaded += Top_Loaded;
 
 			var pressMeButton = new Button ("Press me!") {
@@ -204,8 +206,8 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 			scrollView.Add (anchorButton);
 
 			var hCheckBox = new CheckBox ("Horizontal Scrollbar", scrollView.ShowHorizontalScrollIndicator) {
-				X = Pos.X(scrollView),
-				Y = Pos.Bottom(scrollView) + 1,
+				X = Pos.X (scrollView),
+				Y = Pos.Bottom (scrollView) + 1,
 			};
 			Win.Add (hCheckBox);
 
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ namespace UICatalog {
 
 			int count = 0;
 			var mousePos = new Label ("Mouse: ");
-			mousePos.X = Pos.Right(scrollView) + 1;
+			mousePos.X = Pos.Right (scrollView) + 1;
 			mousePos.Y = Pos.AnchorEnd (1);
 			mousePos.Width = 50;
 			Application.RootMouseEvent += delegate (MouseEvent me) {

UnitTests/RectTests.cs

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Types {
 			action = () => new Rect (1, 2, -3, -4);
 			ex = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException> (action);
 			Assert.Equal ("Width must be greater or equal to 0.", ex.Message);
-
 		}
 
 		[Fact]
@@ -110,5 +109,43 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Types {
 			rect2 = new Rect (-1, 2, 3, 4);
 			Assert.NotEqual (rect1, rect2);
 		}
+
+		[Fact]
+		public void Positive_X_Y_Positions ()
+		{
+			var rect = new Rect (10, 5, 100, 50);
+			int yCount = 0, xCount = 0, yxCount = 0;
+
+			for (int line = rect.Y; line < rect.Y + rect.Height; line++) {
+				yCount++;
+				xCount = 0;
+				for (int col = rect.X; col < rect.X + rect.Width; col++) {
+					xCount++;
+					yxCount++;
+				}
+			}
+			Assert.Equal (yCount, rect.Height);
+			Assert.Equal (xCount, rect.Width);
+			Assert.Equal (yxCount, rect.Height * rect.Width);
+		}
+
+		[Fact]
+		public void Negative_X_Y_Positions ()
+		{
+			var rect = new Rect (-10, -5, 100, 50);
+			int yCount = 0, xCount = 0, yxCount = 0;
+
+			for (int line = rect.Y; line < rect.Y + rect.Height; line++) {
+				yCount++;
+				xCount = 0;
+				for (int col = rect.X; col < rect.X + rect.Width; col++) {
+					xCount++;
+					yxCount++;
+				}
+			}
+			Assert.Equal (yCount, rect.Height);
+			Assert.Equal (xCount, rect.Width);
+			Assert.Equal (yxCount, rect.Height * rect.Width);
+		}
 	}
 }

UnitTests/ViewTests.cs

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Views {
 			Assert.False (r.WantMousePositionReports);
 			Assert.Null (r.SuperView);
 			Assert.Null (r.MostFocused);
+			Assert.Equal (TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom, r.TextDirection);
 
 			// Empty Rect
 			r = new View (Rect.Empty);
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Views {
 			Assert.False (r.WantMousePositionReports);
 			Assert.Null (r.SuperView);
 			Assert.Null (r.MostFocused);
+			Assert.Equal (TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom, r.TextDirection);
 
 			// Rect with values
 			r = new View (new Rect (1, 2, 3, 4));
@@ -83,6 +85,32 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Views {
 			Assert.False (r.WantMousePositionReports);
 			Assert.Null (r.SuperView);
 			Assert.Null (r.MostFocused);
+			Assert.Equal (TextDirection.LeftRight_TopBottom, r.TextDirection);
+
+			// Initializes a view with a vertical direction
+			r = new View ("Vertical View", TextDirection.TopBottom_LeftRight);
+			Assert.NotNull (r);
+			Assert.Equal (LayoutStyle.Computed, r.LayoutStyle);
+			Assert.Equal ("View()({X=0,Y=0,Width=1,Height=13})", r.ToString ());
+			Assert.False (r.CanFocus);
+			Assert.False (r.HasFocus);
+			Assert.Equal (new Rect (0, 0, 1, 13), r.Bounds);
+			Assert.Equal (new Rect (0, 0, 1, 13), r.Frame);
+			Assert.Null (r.Focused);
+			Assert.Null (r.ColorScheme);
+			Assert.NotNull (r.Width);       // All view Dim are initialized now,
+			Assert.NotNull (r.Height);      // avoiding Dim errors.
+			Assert.NotNull (r.X);           // All view Pos are initialized now,
+			Assert.NotNull (r.Y);           // avoiding Pos errors.
+			Assert.False (r.IsCurrentTop);
+			Assert.Empty (r.Id);
+			Assert.Empty (r.Subviews);
+			Assert.False (r.WantContinuousButtonPressed);
+			Assert.False (r.WantMousePositionReports);
+			Assert.Null (r.SuperView);
+			Assert.Null (r.MostFocused);
+			Assert.Equal (TextDirection.TopBottom_LeftRight, r.TextDirection);
+
 		}
 
 		[Fact]
@@ -1020,7 +1048,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Views {
 		}
 
 		[Fact]
-		public void View_Difference_Between_An_Object_Initializer_And_A_Constructor ()
+		public void View_With_No_Difference_Between_An_Object_Initializer_And_A_Constructor ()
 		{
 			// Object Initializer
 			var view = new View () {
@@ -1033,8 +1061,10 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Views {
 			Assert.Equal (2, view.Y);
 			Assert.Equal (3, view.Width);
 			Assert.Equal (4, view.Height);
-			Assert.True (view.Frame.IsEmpty);
-			Assert.True (view.Bounds.IsEmpty);
+			Assert.False (view.Frame.IsEmpty);
+			Assert.Equal (new Rect (1, 2, 3, 4), view.Frame);
+			Assert.False (view.Bounds.IsEmpty);
+			Assert.Equal (new Rect (0, 0, 3, 4), view.Bounds);
 
 			view.LayoutSubviews ();
 
@@ -1073,8 +1103,10 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui.Views {
 			Assert.Equal (2, view.Y);
 			Assert.Equal (3, view.Width);
 			Assert.Equal (4, view.Height);
-			Assert.True (view.Frame.IsEmpty);
-			Assert.True (view.Bounds.IsEmpty);
+			Assert.False (view.Frame.IsEmpty);
+			Assert.Equal (new Rect (1, 2, 3, 4), view.Frame);
+			Assert.False (view.Bounds.IsEmpty);
+			Assert.Equal (new Rect (0, 0, 3, 4), view.Bounds);
 		}
 
 		[Fact]