How do I open a Visual Studio project in design view

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I saved my project  but now I can t open it up in design view where you see all the buttons and stuff  Visual Studio 2012 Anyone know how

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My problem  it showed an error called  The class Form1 can be designed  but is not the first class in the file  Visual Studio requires that designers use the first class in the file  Move the class code so that it is the first class in the file and try loading the designer again     So I moved the Form class to the first one and it worked

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You can double click directly on the  cs file representing your form in the Solution Explorer      This will open Form1 cs  Design   which contains the drag amp drop controls   If you are directly in the code behind  The file named Form1 cs  without   Design     you can press Shift   F7  or only F7 depending on the project type  instead to open it    From the design view  you can switch back to the Code Behind by pressing F7

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Click on the form in the Solution Explorer

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From the Solution Explorer window select your form  right-click  click on View Designer  Voila  The form should display   I tried posting a couple screenshots  but this is my first post  therefore  I could not post any images

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