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I've got a custom class which derives from SplitContainer: namespace Builder.Components { public partial class ProjectSidebar : SplitContainer { public ProjectSidebar() { InitializeComponent(); } } } Now when I right-click and select View Designer I'd like to see the SplitContainer and edit it, like I would with the default controls (drop a panel in it, etc.). All I see is a message to add controls and switch to Code view . How to achieve this? Jeff Yates In order to add design-time functionality like additional operations (known as Action Lists and Verbs depending on how they are provided),

When you create a new form in Visual Studio, the designer generates the following code in the .Designer.cs file: /// <summary> /// Required designer variable. /// </summary> private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null; /// <summary> /// Clean up any resources being used. /// </summary> /// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param> protected override void Dispose(bool disposing) { if (disposing && (components != null)) { components.Dispose(); } base.Dispose(disposing); } What is the purpose of the components variable? My

I've got a project that contains usercontrols. For some reason, the design view for the window which uses the said controls has stopped functioning and insists on "Invalid Markup" - the error given is that some members of the usercontrols are not recognized or not accessible. The project however compiles and executes just fine. Loading it up in VS2010, the editor works fine, no errors whatsoever - the same even in Expression Blend. So far I have tried the typical clean, rebuild, manually deleting stuff from obj, updating the .xaml and rebuilding, tried starting VS2012 with /resetuserdata and

In WPF XAML there is the convenient DesignHeight and DesignWidth , for instance in code as <UserControl ... d:DesignHeight="500" d:DesignWidth="500" ... /> which is great because I can build the layout with a representative , but not locked-in , control size. However, I'm often building dark UIs, where labels and so forth need to be white, but my controls still need a transparent background color. This creates a design-time inconvenience because white seems to be the default background color for transparent controls in the designer, leading to unreadable white-on-white labels. Is there a way

I am running phpMyAdmin locally and I am trying to enable the Designer tool. How do you enable designer view for phpMyAdmin? I have read quite a few tutorials on how to enable the Designer view for phpMyAdmin and they all have different directions that never seem to actually get it working. I am using version 4.0.7 The following steps will enable the Designer in phpMyAdmin 4+ assuming that phpMyAdmin is inside the folder phpMyAdmin : Open phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php and phpMyAdmin/config.sample.inc.php . Locate the phpMyAdmin configuration storage settings in config.sample.inc.php (lines 38-66

I just try to view the result after XAML code in Designer. However, it's hard to recognize the black letters when I use a dark theme in vs2012. My question is how to change designer background to white color without modifying the dark theme. Seems to change several options in tools? Thanks Please skim over all the answers . All have different approaches and it may be that the later ones will suit your needs better. VisualStudioEspresso In VS 2013 you can change XAML designer background. Go to: Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Fonts and Colors In the combobox at the top of the panel, select:

I seem to recall running into this before but can't for the life of me recall how I got around it and no depth of Googleing seems to help. Here's the problem: When I open VS2015 (Community version) with a "Universal Windows" project, new or old, even without changing a single thing, I get an Exception in the designer window. The XAML code shows up fine, but the designer window gives me "error 0X80070005: While processing the request, the system failed to register the windows.capability extension due to the following error: Access is denied." This is followed by a wall of text I'll include