23-May-2018
Enable the design and split buttons in Visual Studio. That was something that I needed to do about a month ago as I was tasked to create a small web application, a submodule of a bigger application. But only source view is enabled and is the default.
So how to enable it?
2 ways:
First Way:
Click on File > New > File
Choose General on the left pane, then HTML Page at the middle pane.
At the bottom right area of the New File dialog, click on the down-pointing arrow beside Open.
Click on Open With.
Select HTML (Web Forms) Editor, then on the right side, click Set as Default.
Click on OK.
No, that may not show the Design | Split | Source buttons yet. You need to restart Visual Studio first.
Second Way:
Click on Tools > Options > Web Forms Designer
Make sure box on Enable Web Forms designer is ticked.
Start pages in Source View, Design View, Split View, you choose that.
Click on OK.
Again, that may not show the Design | Split | Source buttons yet. You need to restart Visual Studio first.
Hopefully, one of these methods would enable the design and split buttons in your Visual Studio.
Till then!
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| The ActiveReports designer as it appears in Visual Studio, with important areas labeled. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
So how to enable it?
2 ways:
First Way:
Click on File > New > File
Choose General on the left pane, then HTML Page at the middle pane.
At the bottom right area of the New File dialog, click on the down-pointing arrow beside Open.
Click on Open With.
Select HTML (Web Forms) Editor, then on the right side, click Set as Default.
Click on OK.
No, that may not show the Design | Split | Source buttons yet. You need to restart Visual Studio first.
Second Way:
Click on Tools > Options > Web Forms Designer
Make sure box on Enable Web Forms designer is ticked.
Start pages in Source View, Design View, Split View, you choose that.
Click on OK.
Again, that may not show the Design | Split | Source buttons yet. You need to restart Visual Studio first.
Hopefully, one of these methods would enable the design and split buttons in your Visual Studio.
Till then!
