GUI layout in the sense of moving around graphical elements to produce a larger, desired image is not programming. GUI layout in the sense of creating a series

GUI layout in the sense of moving around graphical elements to produce a larger, desired image is not programming. GUI layout in the sense of creating a series of instructions for a computer to automatically create and display the same image is much closer to programming than you're making it out to be. In fact, I would say that it is programming at a higher level, as you're not producing an image - you're producing code that tells the computer how to produce that image. If that's not programming, I don't know what is.