Visual studio 2019 windows forms designer

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HR20dev picture HR20dev · Oct 14, 2019 · Viewed 13.2k times · Source

I'm having a problem with the windows form application . When I create the windows form application , it displays the source code for the form but not the designer layout

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Danielle picture Danielle · Nov 13, 2019

To enable the designer, download and install the Windows Forms .NET Core Designer VSIX package.

See article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-net-core-windows-forms-designer-preview-1/

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