Your choices are really between Unfold and Slide. With either of these the VB menus sort of slip onto the screen instead of snapping onto it. It looks slick. If you can't choose between the two effects there is a random option which goes back and forth between them. That is where I am.
Some new tools facilitate the form layout task.
A tear-off menu supports alignment, sizing and Zordering of controls. The same menu has a lock to protect your controls' positions from inadvertent movement. With the lock on you can still move them but you have to use the Control key and the arrow keys. As you enter statements lists will materialize. Type in a control name and a dot and a list of available properties, methods and events appears.