I was developing uwp apps for the past few years, now moving to winui3. It is my first project. I am unable to find the designer view for the XAML files. Is it not available in WinUI3? or something else?
Where is the designer view in WinUI 3?
Unforturnately Designer View is not supported for now in WinUI3 for XAML files. You can track its status on Github:
Microsoft developers like us are pathetic. MS recommended us to go to WinUI3 from UWP. But even basic things are missing there. –
Dibasic
@MgBhadurudeen Agree, things like that are really disappointing –
Useless
@MgBhadurudeen See here for more details. Seems like adding the XAML designer is no easy task. –
Shorthanded
It seems like nothing is easy in WinUI and C++/WinRT. UWP was amazing to use in many respects. I'm not getting the same feeling from the 'next generation'. –
Hui
WinUI 3 still has no XAML designer (July 2022). What a glaring omission from a framework they seem so eager to get developers adopting. –
Quartet
Baffling decision by MS. I was all set to start looking at WinUI for a new app. No visual designer in Visual Studio? Absolutely useless. It's 2022, I'm not hand-crafting UI code guys, get real. –
Penicillin
So, just found this (March 2023) as I was going to port from UWP, but no designer is pathetic and makes it a non starter. I'll find something else. @Penicillin 's last sentence is bang on the money. We had better tools in the original Visual Basic. –
Nebraska
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