Open file in design mode?

Hello mike,

no, unfortunately, currently there's no such way. It's not quite clear how
the UI should look - I can only think of a separate feature
like Ctrl-N that offers 'designable' files and opens them in a designer.
Augmenting the Ctrl-N UI with choices how to open a file would
be too cumbersome...


Dmitry Shaporenkov
JetBrains, Inc
http://www.jetbrains.com
"Develop with pleasure!"

Is there a way to open a form/usercontrol/etc in design mode as
opposed to code view when using ctrl-N?

I don't think it would be cumbersome when you type Ctrl-N and type in "MyForm" there are two choices:
MyForm (code)
MyForm (design)

Of course this would only happen if the file is "designable" (whatever that means)

Hello mike,

it depends on how many items matching the pattern Ctrl-N is showing. If there
are many of them, having two items for each form could
be annoying.

Anyway, you can submit a request to our tracker so that we will think of
this feature.


Dmitry Shaporenkov
JetBrains, Inc
http://www.jetbrains.com
"Develop with pleasure!"

I don't think it would be cumbersome when you type Ctrl-N and type in
"MyForm" there are two choices:

MyForm (code)

MyForm (design)

Of course this would only happen if the file is "designable" (whatever
that means)

You could offer the Design view in the "drill down" that is shown when you
select a partial class.

MyForm.cs
MyForm.designer.cs
MyForm Design View

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Richard

"Dmitry Shaporenkov" <dsha@jetbrains.com> wrote in message
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Hello mike,

>

it depends on how many items matching the pattern Ctrl-N is showing. If
there are many of them, having two items for each form could
be annoying.
Anyway, you can submit a request to our tracker so that we will think of
this feature.

>
>

Dmitry Shaporenkov
JetBrains, Inc
http://www.jetbrains.com
"Develop with pleasure!"

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>
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>> I don't think it would be cumbersome when you type Ctrl-N and type in
>> "MyForm" there are two choices:
>>
>> MyForm (code)
>>
>> MyForm (design)
>>
>> Of course this would only happen if the file is "designable" (whatever
>> that means)
>>
>