That particular chain breaks a rule that I find very helpful: when you see a vertical column of leading dots, those methods should all be acting on the same obj

That particular chain breaks a rule that I find very helpful: when you see a vertical column of leading dots, those methods should all be acting on the same object. When you introduce a child object, indent another level. So I would format that like this: window .FindCanvasForObject(obj) .Color(RED) .MoveTo(10, 30) .LineTo(50, 20) Or more compactly: window.FindCanvasForObject(obj) .Color(RED) .MoveTo(10, 30) .LineTo(50, 20)