Title: Opening the GUI Designer in MonoDevelop
Tags: user-interface;interface;monodevelop;designer
Question: I have just installed MonoDevelop 2.0 on Windows and created a New GTK Project.

I can't seem to find any way to open the GUI Designer (there are no 'Source Code' and 'Design' tabs under the codument either).

How do I open/use the GUI Designer in MonoDevelop?



Here is another answer: I recently installed MonoDevelop 3.0.6 and ran into this problem as well.  I created a new solution, selected VBNet and Gtk# 2.0 Project.  I then opened the MyWindow.vb file and there was no tabs at the bottom for selecting Souce Code or Design.  Also the Toolbox was empty.

I then tried creating a solution using C# and GtK# and when I opened MainWindow.cs the Designer tab and Source tabs show up at the bottom of the window.  Here are the instructions for it's use http://monodevelop.com/Stetic_GUI_Designer.

Update: As per the Bugzilla Bug 10986, GTK# Designer only works with C# Projects.


Here is another answer: First of all, you need to create a GTK+ Project which allows you to use the GUI designer. After doing this, user interface references will be automatically loaded and a skeleton MainWindow code file will be automatically generated by the IDE itself. If you click on this MainWindow code file from the solution pad, 'Source' and 'Designer' tabs will appear at the bottom. Finally, just click on Designer tab and now you can see your application main window and GTK+ widgets in the toolbox.


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