XAML Designer not showing up

Question

In MS Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop:

I\'m learning C# and following an example that shows how to create a user interface in a .xaml file. https://ms

Answer 1

What helped me was just like many other problems with Xamarin designer, close all tabs, clean solution, delete bin and obj folders, rebuild the solution

Answer 2

This is my situation but might not apply to yours: I had the same issue but the fix is simple. Somehow my program is still running even I closed my WPF window. I have to stop debugging and then the designer page will automatically show up for me. Hope this works.

Answer 3

I believe you are looking for XAML Designer and it can be loaded from here:

I am using Microsoft VS Community 2015 (final update)

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Answer 4

XML designer can be disabled by Resharper in Resharper > Options > Performance Guide
I fixed my problem by turning off Resharper block, and restoring XML designer in Tools > Options

Answer 5

I know this is an old topic but my solution might help someone in the future.

I ran into the same problem with Visual Studio 2015 Community on Windows 7, where one of my xamarin android project's xaml files stopped showing the Designer tab below the XAML code, the other day.

I tried all the given solutions with no effect however, following in the footsteps of @Waqas, i found out that "Use quadrant based layout" was unchecked while other checkboxes were ticked. To summarize:

VS 2015 community>Tools>Option>XAML Designer> check Use quadrant based layout

I then quit and restarted Visual Studio to find out the Designer tab to be there at the bottom left of the XAML code, alongside the Source tab. HTH.

Answer 6

It usually happens when you are building WPF app in .Net core (3.0). For me changing below option worked.

1. Go to Tools => Options
2. Under "Environment" click on option "Preview Feature".
3. Enable "Use previews of the .Net core SDK (require restart)".
4. Now restart visual studio.