>I prefer the first, with separate assignments for each property (or variable).
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>I do not find the second more readable -- for me, switching the order, where the value assigned is now on the left, and the property assigned to on the right, goes against the grain.
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>I also tend to do searches, whether it be using Code References or Ctrl+F, and the second syntax makes assignments harder to find. (I can search for 'x = ' easily enough, but it's much harder to see how to search for assignments using the second alternative.)

Actually, searching for "x=" is equally easy as searching for "x =" and "x{tab}="... and all three are valid, and (depending on coding style) more or less possible to find in code. So instead of three, you need to search for four.

But I'd never search for x=. Too short a name for a variable.