Intellisense not working in XAML VS 22 17.10.1

Question

I am using VS 22 17.10.1 and I am having trouble with Intellisense. I don’t get autocomplete for the Avalonia AXAML files. If I go to Tools=>Options=>Text Editor=> XAML in VS I see that the Statement Completion area is completely disabled and I can’t turn on or off the settings there(see image). I’ve tried the following;

1. Deleting the vs folder in the solution repository
2. Deleting the entire repository and cloning it again
3. Repairing VS from the Visual Studio Installer
4. Downgrading my VS version to 17.4.0
5. Reinstalling VS Build Tools
6. Removing Copilot
7. Uninstalling and Installing IntelliCode
8. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61924136/intellisense-doesnt-work-in-large-xaml-file

Do you have any suggestions how to fix this because it is blocking my work as a whole.

Also I am not using Resharper.

Answer 1

Hi @Lyubomir Radev, 

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A! 

If it is an Avalonia application, Avalonia XAML files have the extension .axaml not .xaml.

You need to install Avalonia for Visual Studio 2022 extension to get IntelliSense support for Avalonia XAML. 

If you have installed the extension, please uninstall it and reinstall the latest version 11.5.

If the IntelliSense still doesn’t work in Avalonia application, I suppose it may be a known issue. You can see the similar issue.

You need to contact the Avalonia Team in GitHub to check it. Thanks for your understanding! 

Sincerely,

Anna

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