Just a small post to start the new year... and let it be a good one!
When opening a XAML document in Visual Studio, it opens in split view by default. This might become annoying when you have a large XAML document, because all the content needs to be rendered before you can get some work done.
Here’s how you can have Visual Studio open XAML documents in code view:
Go to Tools, Options
Under Text Editor open the XAML section and select Miscellaneous
Under Default View check the Always open documents in full XAML view box (see image below)
Click OK to apply and you’re all done!
Hope this helps.
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