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In blend 4 i often open a resource dictionary (i.e. "Generic.xaml") by clicking the "resources" tab (next to the property tab on the right pane), navigate to a resource and click on its icon to edit it in the designer.

In blend for visual studio 2012 i can't seem to find the resources tab? How am i then able to edit resources in resource dictionaries?

Blachshma
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  • Why did someone edit the title of this question? This is not a question for Expression blend 4. This is a question about the blend design tool in Visual Studio 2012. – SimonTop Sep 26 '12 at 09:10
  • SimonTop -- I know exactly what you are talking about. I'm a long time blend user, and now that .NET 4.5 is out, and Blend + sketch flow for VS2012 isn't supported, I'm using VS 2012. I dearly miss the Resources explorer that Blend sports. – Spurkiss Nov 23 '12 at 15:49
  • @Spurkiss That is no longer the case with VS2012 Update 2+. See my answer below –  Sep 20 '13 at 01:59

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As of VS2012 Update 2+ we can once again create desktop WPF apps so the Resource tab returns.

"In addition, Visual Studio 2012 Update 2 and later adds support for Silverlight and WPF editing, as well as SketchFlow. Developers can now leverage a consolidated tool for all the platforms as part of a fully integrated solution with Visual Studio." (1)

(1) "Microsoft Expression Changes", http://www.microsoft.com/expression/eng/, retrieved 2013-9-20

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I'm assuming this is a XAML project. Is the Window open? Main toolbar -> Window -> Resources... is that checked? If not, check that.

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    Thank you for the answer, although I do not entirely understand you? XAML project, what exactly do you mean? I have a lot of various project types. This particular project is a .net 4-class library for WPF. I can open a xaml file and edit it using the blend-designer in VS 2012. Window->Resources - I can't find this? I can however I can find VIEW -> Other windows -> Resources. Unfortunately this does not appear to be the resources tab from blend. – SimonTop Sep 24 '12 at 08:27