Hi,
I hope I am able to illustrate the problem using a lot of images. First of all, I was no real fan of XAML (Silverlight issues, crashes in Preview, and so on...)
Now, with VS2010 the situation has become better. There are still a lot of things I like better in code, but I also want a preview in my VS.
So, take a look at the following control: It is really simple, a todo details list. The first screenshot shows the code of the control, pretty straighforward:
There is no XAML, so obviously no preview. Of course, I could encapsulate it in another control, like shown in the next screenshot:
But, in that case I have an additional file I do not want or need.
So I had the idea to move the init stuff inside the contructor of a XAML control. For simplicity, I used simple elements. But they do not show up in the preview...
Finally, I know I could use the controls in other parts of my app when creating UIs. But I am using layout manager, PRISM and a lot of other stuff, so I just want an easy preview of some specific control I created (without having to have a XAML wrapper file for each control)
Thanks for help, and sorry for the post structure, but I though with images it is better to understand...
Chris