Where is the visual studio HTML Designer?
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Solution 1 - Html
The default HTML editor (for static HTML) doesn't have a design view. To set the default editor to the Web forms editor which does have a design view,
- Right click any HTML file in the Solution Explorer in Visual Studio and click on
Open with
- Select the
HTML (web forms) editor
- Click on
Set as default
- Click on the
OK
button
Once you have done that, all you need to do is click on design
or split
view as shown below:
Solution 2 - Html
Another way of setting the default to the HTML web forms editor is:
- At the top menu in Visual Studio go to
File
>New
>File
- Select
HTML Page
- In the lower right corner of the New File dialog on the
Open
button there is a down arrow - Click it and you should see an option
Open With
- Select
HTML (Web Forms) Editor
- Click
Set as Default
- Press
OK
Solution 3 - Html
Go to [Tools, Options], section "Web Forms Designer" and enable the option "Enable Web Forms Designer". That should give you the Design and Split option again.
Solution 4 - Html
The solution of creating a new HTML file with HTML (Web Forms) Designer worked for that file but not for other, individual HTML files that I wanted to edit.
I did find the Open With option in the Open File dialogue and was able to select the HTML (Web Forms) Editor there. Having clicked the "Set as Default" option in that window, VS then remembered to use that editor when I opened other HTML files.