How to create a web browser with Visual Studio 2019 Latest version

silvxrcat 1

I want to create a simple web browser. How would I go doing this without the WebBrowser tool in the toolbox?

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 32,406 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-01-04T07:24:46.66+00:00

Hi @silvxrcat , may I ask, what kind of project do you use and what kind of workload did you install in Visual Studio 2019? Do you want to use Web Browser control in the toolbox to create a web browser in Windows Forms project, but you didn’t find a Web Browser control in the toolbox? Or maybe you mean you want to create a simple web browser in your project without using the Web Browser control?
silvxrcat 1 Reputation point

2021-01-04T20:47:33.797+00:00

I found the Windows Forms app but not the .NET Framework (which I needed)
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 32,406 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-01-05T08:13:02.043+00:00

Hi @silvxrcat , thank you for your feedback, do you mean you want to create a Windows Forms App(.NET Framework) project but you don’t find the related project(Windows Forms) template for .NET Framework? And did you install this .NET desktop development workload? If possible, could you share more information with us?
silvxrcat 1 Reputation point

2021-01-14T15:56:33.207+00:00

Thanks, how do I download the .NET desktop development?
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 32,406 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-01-15T03:02:55.417+00:00

Hi @silvxrcat , you can download and install it from Visual Studio Installer > Visual Studio 2019 > Modify > Workloads > check the .NET desktop development workload and click Modify button, after finishing installing, you can use the related project templates in Visual Studio. For more information, you can refer to this document: Modify workloads.
zhengguo huang 1 Reputation point

2021-03-01T06:35:05.817+00:00

toolbox has no webbrowser @Tianyu Sun-MSFT
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 32,406 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2021-03-01T08:13:41.82+00:00

Hi @zhengguo huang , yes, I noticed this. I think you are using Windows Form App(.NET) project, instead of using Windows Form App(.NET Framework) project.

For Windows Forms Designer for .NET Core project, the WebBrowser control doesn’t seem to be supported in designer currently, as you know, Windows Forms Designer for .NET Core project released several months ago(almost one year), but there are something still need to be improved. You can currently use codes to develop your web browser control in Winform, or you can consider using WebView control.
zhengguo huang 1 Reputation point

2021-03-02T07:00:37.647+00:00

Ok,Thank you

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Karen Payne MVP 35,471 Reputation points

2021-01-02T03:42:36.923+00:00
Hello,

You can double click on the project in solution explorer, for the PropertyGroup use this setup, save, build and the web browser control will be in the toolbox. If not C# remove the LangVersion and nullable elements.

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop"> <PropertyGroup> <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType> <TargetFrameworks>net48;netcoreapp3.1</TargetFrameworks> <LangVersion>9.0</LangVersion> <Nullable>enable</Nullable> <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms> </PropertyGroup> </Project>
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