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Questions tagged [visual-studio-designer]

Use this tag if you have a specific question about Visual Studio GUI features like controls and layouts. Please try to mention your VS version and all other relevant information.

Visual Studio designer allows building a GUI application using predefined and custom components generating code for you at the background.

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Could not find type 'xxx.xxx.xxx'. Please make sure that the assembly

I've searched StackOverflow and found similar problems when I try and open a form that references a UserControl in a different project. I get the To prevent possible data loss before loading the designer, the following errors must be…
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How to open code on double cick on form by default?

Is there an extension for Visual Studio 2010 for opening code for forms, components etc. in WinForms application projects on double click in solution explorer by default (and in designer view via context menu)?
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Design time check of markup extension arguments in WPF designer

I've written a Markup extension for WPF that allows me to do