xaml design doesnot work

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i can't see any control in xaml designer , i can click on them and go to behind code but can't see then , i reinstall VS 2012 but no luck , even if i create new project it will do the same , and this happen with blend too . i searched so so so so much to solve this problem , but no luck , please help me PS : i installed vs 2010 sp1 , vs 2012 update 1 here the basic code of blank windows store app with a button

<Page
x:Class="App6.MainPage"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:local="using:App6"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d">

<Grid Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">

</Grid>
</Page>

I don't see any `Button` there. Your XAML as is will be blank. — chue x, Apr 06 '13 at 20:50
VS recently shipped vs 2012 update 2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2797912. It contains several fixes for XAML Designer as well, maybe it will fix your problem as well. — outcoldman, Apr 06 '13 at 20:54
Upload the project on SkyDrive/Dropbox so I can tell where's the problem your code or VS. — Farhan Ghumra, Apr 07 '13 at 05:42
i said even if create new project .. the problem still happen .. beside: every thing was working fine , but it just crashed or buged for some reasone — Marwan Ayad, Apr 07 '13 at 06:33

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '13 at 12:07

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AT LAST after 5 days searching . i found the problem , it was from my video card : i have hp probook 4540s laptop , it has intel and amd video cards ,so i customize the setting to give me full graphics power , so i open Catalyst Control Center and made the Power give me Maximize Performance (and here the problem started) i changed it to Optimize Performance and all came back to normal (OMG)

answered Apr 08 '13 at 12:07

Marwan Ayad

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Thank you so much. I have a ProBook 4740s and had the exact same problem which has been fixed by your answer! – Amenti Sep 11 '13 at 21:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 06 '13 at 20:59

This is a guess, but you normally have to give the grid some kind of row or column definition. Here is a grid that defines two rows:

<Grid Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
        <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Button Content="hello world"></Button>
</Grid>

The above works for me, but the following does NOT work:

<Grid Background="{StaticResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
    <Button Content="hello world"></Button>
</Grid>

still not showing any design .. all i can see is layout of every control, that's all — Marwan Ayad, Apr 06 '13 at 22:27

xaml design doesnot work

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