intellisense in editing XAML - orcas march CTP

Question

I dont have intellisense in XAML editor. how can I get it back

Thanks

Answer 1

Could you please add some more information about this, such as:

• Does this happen in all projects? How about a plain new WPF Application project?
• What OS are you on?
• Are you using the Virtual PC image?
• Are there any errors/warnings in the Error List?
• Does the designer work correctly?

For me, in the VPC image the IntelliSense drop-down shows up just fine when I type an opening bracket '<', a space inside of a tag or an '=' sign after an attribute name.

Answer 2

I did not try other projects

plain wpf project - no intellisense in XAML editor

OS - Vista

virtual PC image - no

Errors - no

designer works correctly - yes

 

 

Answer 3

Are you getting the red squiggly underlines for errors in XAML, e.g. for misspelled attributes like this?

<Grid BBackground="Red">
</Grid>

Could you check the following registry settings for the XAML LanguageService? They should look like this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Languages\Language Services\XAML]
@="{c9164055-039b-4669-832d-f257bd5554d4}"
"Package"="{e58c2a8b-bcc4-4559-ad59-d62eb6d58a22}"
"AutoOutlining"=dword:00000001
"LangResID"=dword:000003e9
"CodeSenseDelay"=dword:000001f4
"CodeSense"=dword:00000001
"EnableAsyncCompletion"=dword:00000001

If not, could you export that key to a file and post the contents here?

Is anyone else here on this forum experiencing this problem? We woud love to here from you.

Answer 4

here is what I have

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Languages\Language Services\XAML]
@="{c9164055-039b-4669-832d-f257bd5554d4}"
"Package"="{e58c2a8b-bcc4-4559-ad59-d62eb6d58a22}"
"AutoOutlining"=dword:00000001
"LangResID"=dword:000003e9
"CodeSenseDelay"=dword:000001f4
"CodeSense"=dword:00000001
"EnableAsyncCompletion"=dword:00000001

Answer 5

I now had this happen to me on one of my machines with an internal build of Orcas. Not only was I missing the IntelliSense drop-downs but also the collapsible outlining regions were completely gone. And I didn't see anything wrong with any of the registry entries either. The only way to get it all back was to "Repair" the installation.

Go to "Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features". Select "Microsoft Visual Studio Codename Orcas Team Suite - ENU", click "Uninstall/Change" and choose the repair option in the VS setup wizard.

I hope that helps you as well.

Answer 6

More information: This happens if you have recently installed the Windows SDK. There is an issue with mis-registration of DLLs, which is why repair works.

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowssdk/archive/2008/02/22/workaround-installing-win-sdk-after-vs2008-breaks-xaml-intellisense.aspx