I wanted to try developing a website in VS but I'd really like a visual (WYSIWYG) editor. Apparently, this is available in VS. In that video, and lots of other videos and websites, it shows 'Design' and 'Split' buttons on the window, which should show a live view of the web page that's open. It seems this is supposed to work with both .aspx and .cshtml files.
However, nowhere can I find how to enable this, and I've done a lot of searching. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled VS. There are no options, settings or menu options to enable it. I'm using VS 2022 Community, fully up to date, in an ASP.NET Core Web App project using .NET 7.0.
Does anyone know what's wrong? I wondered if it was only available in VS Professional/Enterprise, but seemed silly to me.
that feature in the brand new vs2022 is for ONLY .net framework, and ONLY for web forms.
So, if you using MVC, then you don't have a forms designer.
And if you using .net core, then you can't use this feature either.
So, when you create a project, it MUST be .net framework (not .net core), and it MUST be a webforms project, and NOT MVC projects.
So, that would be say this (for c#).
And (best choice) would of course be this template:
And if using vb.net, then again, same thing:
So, web projects, and .net framework - NOT .net core projects.
thus:
So, out of those templates, then again, of course a asp.net web application would be the preferred choice.
so, for example, here is a gridview in "live" preview, and yes you can edit or drag + drop controls into that live preview.
it looks like this (split screen for example).
but, if I run the page, same in a chrome based browser (Edge, or chrome).
Then I see this:
Since the new designer is based on the chrome engine then as above shows, yes, it is rather cool.
Here is that web page, not split view in the designer:
(so I have NOT yet hit f5 to run, but only am in design mode)
so, in old legacy designer, I would see/get this:
So, note how do you DO NOT see say for example the bootstrap menu bar.
But, if I turn on live preview, and now I see/get this:
Note how we now even see the bootstrap menu bar in the preview - I have not yet hit f5 to run in browser. And on the bottom, you see a "bread-crumb hierarchy" as to what element you clicked on (very much like f12 debug tools in a browser, and then using "elements" selection).
You can find it by creating an asp.net web (.Net Framework) and selecting Web Form in it.
I use vs2022 17.4.2 community version
You can also view its settings in the tool.
I am developing app using Xamarin in Visual Studio Enterprise 2017. I go to View -> Other Windows but there is no Xamarin.Forms Previewer. I am pretty sure It was still here last night.
Screenshot
Does anyone know what is happening? Thank you very much.
so I figured it out myself. It's kind of easy. I am posting here just in case someone will need it in the future. We just need to go to Tools -> Extensions and Updates and then enable Xamarin.forms Previewer and done!
In VS 2017, Xamarin.Forms Previewer is attached to the editor window. Just we need to expand by clicking on Expand Pane button as shown in the image.
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I am using Visual Studio 2010 SP 1. On opening/creating any .cshtml page (view), I am unable to find the option to see the rendered page in VS as soon as I make any change (similar to "design" tab in web-forms).
Is this not supported in VS 2010 or am I missing something?
The design view doesn't exist in MVC projects.
Take a look at this answer for more information: Is there any graphical designer for ASP.NET MVC?
If you need the visual assistance when designing, you can run your application without debugging ( Ctrl - F5 ), and then once updates are made, you can refresh the web browser to view updates. It isn't real-time, but at least it is something.
In visual studio 2019 you can use the option "Show in browser" or click CTRL + SHIFT + W
I am using visual studio 2010. The problem is I am looking for rich text box control in the toolbox but i am unable to find it. isn't it available in vs 2010 or is it only me who couldn't find it out. please help
The RichTextBox control is only available in Windows Forms development, not ASP.NET development.
The most often referenced free ASP.NET solution is CKEditor.
I'm developing a website using ASP.NET.
When I start writing code, I do not get a design view to design the website (please see screenshot in the link below). I really need help.
http://www.4shared.com/download/CZTzYSUu/18-09-34_06-13-06_.png?tsid=20130726-032036-c925f200
Tools > Options > HTML designer > Enable HTML designer
Go to View and click Designer in Visual Studio . I think you should reinstall Visual Studio 2012 because as I can see from your screenshot, not only you dont have the designer file, but also you don't have the code file. So a reinstall is a better option for you.