I’ve encountered with strange displaying of Picker control (MAUI 8.0) on Android when I trying to arrange line by VerticalOptions="Start":

At a glance is seems like this control has predefined Padding attribute (top and bottom, and spacing between brackets around), but unfortunately it doesn’t ever have it.

Sample code:

    <HorizontalStackLayout Padding="0" Spacing="0">
        <Label Text="start (" 
            FontSize="12"
            VerticalOptions="Start"/>
        <Picker Title="Item 2"
                FontSize="12"
                Margin="0"
                VerticalOptions="Start">
            <Picker.Items>
                <x:String>Item 1</x:String>
                <x:String>Item 2</x:String>
            </Picker.Items>
        </Picker>
        <Label Text=") end" 
            FontSize="12"
            VerticalOptions="Start"/>
    </HorizontalStackLayout>

I know that it is possible to replace it by the toolkit’s Popup, but it is a workaround, not a solution. I suspect that I’m missing something very easy and obvious…