"Disable" XAML designer in Visual Studio 2008

One of the things I've been finding annoying is the time the designer takes to load for an XAML file when opening it.
Pressing escape stops it from doing all it's preparation for the designer and then maximizing it to XAML view helps, but that has to be done for every single file.

It is possible to set this behavior as default for the XAML designer. In Tools->Text Editor->XAML->Miscellaneous you'll find an option called "Always open documents in full XAML view":

Posted: apr 24 2008, 07:58 by Einar Ingebrigtsen | with 18 comment(s)

Filed under: Silverlight, .net, Visual Studio 2008

Comments

Stefan said:

Finally!!

Damn *** designer!!! *g

# november 22, 2009 12:40

Rob said:

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.....I was at the edge of sanity with this damn designer.

# november 23, 2009 4:34

Michael Baldry said:

Good job, this was a big help!

# januar 8, 2010 12:51

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# juli 2, 2010 11:04

Gozzy said:

the xaml engine is still loaded in the background..

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