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So I'm trying to load the XAML designer in visual Studio, and it won't show up, only the source editor shows up enter image description here

I use the XAML WPF designer to make a lot of decisions, as I'm not on a team and do everything myself with this program including UI design so I tried to turn it back on, so in the settings I tried to turn it on enter image description here I set it to these settings and restarted visual studio and I still can't open it, can someone please help me load the designer?

thanks

EverythingLeafwing
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  • Was it working before? Do you use Resharper (see [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/48614951/1997232)) or something similar? – Sinatr Mar 09 '21 at 16:19
  • it was working before I loaded the project from a folder, I'm going to upload it to github so I moved some files, that's why I can't use the sln – EverythingLeafwing Mar 09 '21 at 16:30
  • So you didn't open project and just clicking xaml file or what? – Sinatr Mar 09 '21 at 16:38
  • @EverythingLeafwing Could you create a new wpf desktop application to check if the MainWindow has the XAML desinger? If it has, the problem may be in your project not settings in Visual studio. – DasiyTian MSFT Mar 10 '21 at 02:03
  • I did and it did show up, as a last resort after the code stopped being compileable Ijust pasted the code into a new project – EverythingLeafwing Mar 10 '21 at 14:10
  • @EverythingLeafwing There may be problems with your process of copying the project. How did you copy the code to your new project? – DasiyTian MSFT Mar 15 '21 at 09:07

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What is below your bottom bar in your screenshot? you should see the Design/XAML tabs to toggle between them, or mouse on the border to drag up the designer/xaml splitter.

Design/XAML tabs

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