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Always open documents in full XAML view
Regards,
Nic
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:20:44 +1000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Visual 2010 XAML Design View delays
>
> Hi all,
>
> One of my gripes regarding Visual Studio 2010 is just how long it takes for
> that XAML Design view
> to load. It takes ages. On my machine it can take 20 seconds to load. On one
> of my colleagues
> I've seen it take between 40 seconds and a minute to load. It's an absolute
> pain.
>
> So when it loads the first thing I do is hit ESC. That can halt the designer
> load (not always an
> improvement in load time, however). Then I hit the "flip" button which puts
> the XAML code at the
> top and the user interface view at the bottom, and then I hide the user
> interface Design view (it
> would have been easier if the user interface Design view was already at the
> bottom, then I would
> just have to hide it!) This shows the raw xaml taking up the whole pane, and
> if I want the Design
> view I can just click the expand button.
>
> Of course, you can change the default program to open the XAML page, but then
> you lose
> intellisense. Does anyone know of any other way to hide the Design view until
> I specifically need it?
>
> Regards,
> Tony
>
