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Visual Studio 2022 doesn't like setting Build Action of a CSS file to None.
dg2k
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Visual Studio Version: Version 17.6.0 Preview 2.0 (I haven't tested on other version and may apply)
I wanted to set the Build Action property of a CSS file to None but VS doesn't like this and shows error message Property Value is not valid and excludes the CSS file from the project. I thought any file's Build Action property can be set to None, just to stay as part of the project until it is needed. I have some HTML files for note-taking with Build Action=None and the very reason why I needed the CSS file with these HTML files.
I am assuming that this could be a bug in which case I could report it to VS developers team, but thought I should pass it past Q&A just in case I am missing something, and if there is a workaround.
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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 14,816 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2023-03-20T09:30:00.3133333+00:00 Hello @dg2k ,
Thank you for taking time to post this issue in Microsoft Q&A forum.
I tested on my side by creating a .css file in a newly create web project, I saw that it could be set to None for Build Action property.
To narrow down this issue, could you please try to create a new project and test to confirm that this issue appears on other projects too, instead of appearing on a specific project?
If this issue only appears on a specific project, would you mind sharing us some steps or a minimal sample to reproduce it?
Please feel free to contact us.
Best Regards,
Tianyu
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My project is .Net MAUI rather than a Web project.
To my understanding, the project type shouldn't really make a difference to the Visual Studio IDE, or should it?
Could you please try on .NET MAUI if all is okay on your side? Thank you.
My project is .Net MAUI rather than a Web project.
To my understanding, the project type shouldn't really make a difference to the Visual Studio IDE, or should it?
Could you please try on .NET MAUI if all is okay on your side? Thank you.