name: simplifying-system-components description: Use when system chrome appears and should be flattened into minimal semantic structure instead of preserving decorative internals.

Simplifying System Components

Use For

Status bars, home indicators, signal/battery clusters, and similar OS chrome.

Rules

1. Preserve semantics, drop decoration.
2. Prefer simplified HStack or Container shells.
3. Use replace_with for essential children only.
4. Use drop for decorative internals.
5. Keep replacement child order stable.
6. Make rationale explicit (example: flattened system component: iOS status bar).

Quick Check

1. Many tiny vector/shape nodes?
2. No product-level semantics in internals?
3. Path/name indicates system chrome?

If all true, simplify.

Red Flag

Do not flatten normal product UI just because it is visually dense.