#FREE XAML DESIGNER TOOL WINDOWS#

If not, find MainPage.xaml in the Solution Explorer tool window and double-click it to open it. Once created, depending on your setup of Visual Studio, youвЂ™ll probably have the MainPage.xaml already open.

#FREE XAML DESIGNER TOOL WINDOWS#

Ok, so letвЂ™s start by creating ourselves a new Windows (UWP) project based on the Blank App (Universal Windows) template.ДЄs usual, give the project a name to get started вЂ“ youвЂ™ll be prompted to pick which target and minimum versions of Windows you want but for the purpose of this post I just went with the defaults. All these platforms are available via the Uno platform вЂ“ If youвЂ™re new to the Uno Platform, head over to В and get started with building cross-platform mobile, desktop and Web applications. One of the reasons that the designer experience in Visual Studio and Blend is so relevant is that you can take the design youвЂ™ve done for your Windows app and port it across to iOS, Android, MacOS and even the web (using Web Assembly).

Note that this isnвЂ™t an exhaustive list by any means вЂ“ would love feedback on what other features you use and what you think is missing in the designer.

I figured I would take this opportunity to go through and document some of the features that I use and some of the new features that have appeared in the previews.

If youвЂ™ve been looking at the release notes for the Visual Studio previews, youвЂ™ll have noted that thereвЂ™s some work being done on the XAML designer that now supports both WPF and UWP.

Free xaml designer tool