Dear Microsoft Visual Studio dev team... why?

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Dear Microsoft Visual Studio dev team... why?

Kokombads Bleh Bleh 26

why is it that your VS IDE evolving, just backwards?

been stuck in this Design View not loading in like forever, as i've researched, it seems this was also your problem in VS2019. ive already updated my vs2022 and still, it wont load

Karen Payne MVP 35,591 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2022-12-04T18:53:42.95+00:00
Does this happen to all forms or just one form?

Are there custom controls on the form?

Try closing the form, unload the project, reload the project then double click on the form, did or work or not?
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,681 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-28T14:02:45.077+00:00

Hello @Kokombads Bleh Bleh ,

If you are using .NET/.NET Core based projects like Windows Forms, you may see this situation. Just like what lextm mentioned, the corresponding features for designer in VS is improving. You can also try to submit a ticket on our Developer Community.

If you are using other type of projects and you get this issue, may I ask if you have tried the suggestion shared by karenpayneoregon?(reloading the project)

Please feel free to contact us.

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Karen Payne MVP 35,591 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2022-12-04T18:53:42.95+00:00

Does this happen to all forms or just one form?

Are there custom controls on the form?

Try closing the form, unload the project, reload the project then double click on the form, did or work or not?
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,681 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-12-28T14:02:45.077+00:00

Hello @Kokombads Bleh Bleh ,

If you are using .NET/.NET Core based projects like Windows Forms, you may see this situation. Just like what lextm mentioned, the corresponding features for designer in VS is improving. You can also try to submit a ticket on our Developer Community.

If you are using other type of projects and you get this issue, may I ask if you have tried the suggestion shared by karenpayneoregon?(reloading the project)

Please feel free to contact us.

Answer 1

The visual designer for .NET Core Windows Forms is still a preview build (after many years of continuous development),

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/state-of-the-windows-forms-designer-for-net-applications/

It's just too huge a project to finish. If you want to learn workarounds, please refer to

https://github.com/dotnet/winforms/blob/main/docs/designer/readme.md

For projects it can load, this new designer is much cooler. However, when it fails on a project (like yours), it just looks bad.

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