Enable design mode of an sln project in SharpDevelop

Question

I've been given a folder with many .cs files and a .sln to work on with the express interest of designing a GUI for the entire project. The only problem is, I don't know how.

I have both Visual Studio 2010 and SharpDevelop 4.4 at my disposal; though I'd like to learn both evenly if possible, because I like open-source IDEs, but value experience in Visual Studio as well.

I can't find any information on how to enable design mode in this situation because of how narrow my experience is with the tools; You see, I know to right-click on a .cs file in order to view its code or design in Visual Studio 2010... but that isn't available here. The only item I can see is "view code", which is not what I'm trying to do.

If I can't enable the form, I'm wondering if I can just... create a new one? Since one does not exist?

Thank you for your help.

EDIT: A screenshot of what I see (blurred for security)

Answer 1

In SharpDevelop if there is a designer available for the file then you can open the designer by:

1. Open the file into the text editor.
2. Click the Design tab at the bottom of the text editor.