Stop Visual Studio Design mode from refreshing

Question

Does anyone know how to stop Visual Studio from automatically refreshing the Design view everytime I modify the source file associated with a Form?

I'm updating strings on a form that has about a million controls. I'm constantly going back and forth between the design and code for a form. The load time it takes to render the design each time is killing me. I'm not changing anything that would directly affect the design view, so is there a way to stop it updating every time?

Answer 1

No there is not. This is the default behavior and it cannot be changed. The design view when focused will always try to update with the latest version of the source. If it has changed the design view will too. This is necessary to ensure that any changes which occur to the UI reflect changes on the current state of the source code.

Answer 2

My workaround was to edit the code in notepad so I could click around in Design view without refreshes, then pasted the code back into V-Studio