{"id":28482,"date":"2020-05-28T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/?p=28482"},"modified":"2020-05-28T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T23:59:27","slug":"help-us-improve-wpf-and-uwp-xaml-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/help-us-improve-wpf-and-uwp-xaml-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"Help us improve WPF and UWP XAML designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We would like to make your experience developing WPF and UWP applications in Visual Studio better!<\/p>\n<p>Currently we are investigating ways of improving the XAML Designer and making you more productive while developing UI for your apps. You can already check out our preview version of the new feature called <strong>Suggested Actions<\/strong> that enables easy access to common properties when a control is selected. This feature is available in \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/visualstudio.microsoft.com\/vs\/preview\/\">Visual Studio 2019 Preview<\/a> version 16.6 and later. To use it, first enable it through <strong>Options<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Preview Features<\/strong> &gt; <strong>XAML Suggested<\/strong> <strong>Actions<\/strong>. Once enabled, click on a supported control and use the &#8220;light bulb&#8221; to expand and interact with the Suggested Actions UI.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28483 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/SuggestedActions.png\" alt=\"Suggested Actions for Button in Visual Studion\" width=\"435\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/SuggestedActions.png 670w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/SuggestedActions-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to know, what else would you like to see in WPF or UWP XAML Designer. Please take this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/8HY7ZHW?v5=[v5_value]&amp;v2=[v2_value]&amp;v3=[v3_value]&amp;v1=[v1_value]&amp;sessionId=[sessionId_value]\">survey<\/a> and tell us how we can improve Visual Studio and create better tools for you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/8HY7ZHW?v5=[v5_value]&amp;v2=[v2_value]&amp;v3=[v3_value]&amp;v1=[v1_value]&amp;sessionId=[sessionId_value]\"><strong>Take the survey!\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28484 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/dotnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/05\/survey-illustration-300x181-1.png\" alt=\"Survey illustration\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Related post<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/improvements-to-xaml-tooling-in-visual-studio-2019-version-16-7-preview-1\/\">Improvements to XAML tooling in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 Preview 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We would like to make your experience developing WPF and UWP applications in Visual Studio better! 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