Maximise XAML in Visual Studio 2010 designer

Question

The Visual Studio designer almost never works with any of my views/pages and I am tired of waiting for it to decide if it is going to (inevitably) fail or not.

I dont even use the VS designer, so I am looking for a way to simply have the XAML section expand by default (without having to open the document in the first place).

Is this even possible?

Answer 1

Go to

Tools > Options > Text Editor > XAML > Miscellaneous

There us an option for “Always open documents in full XAML view”. Check that box:

Answer 2

It's possible just check the "Always open documents in full XAML view" option in the VS2010 settings..

Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> XAML - >Miscellaneous -> "Always open documents in full XAML view"